What variables are associated with an expressed wish to kill a doctor in community and injured patient samples?

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Bruns, Daniel ^a   Fishbain, David A ^b   Disorbio, John Mark ^c   Lewis, John E ^b  

^a Health Psychology Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Integrated Therapies   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery for Health Improvement 2 (BHI 2); Borderline; Doctor Dissatisfaction scale; Healthcare workers; Homicide; Hostile wish to kill physicians; Litigation; Physicians; Predictors; Risk factors; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOMICIDAL IDEATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954888584     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-010-9190-7     Document Type: Article

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