Violence against doctors

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-169

  Khan, Mohammad Ashik Imran ^a   Ahasan, Ham Nazmul ^a   Mahbub, Md Shahriar ^a   Alam, Md Billal ^a   Miah, Md Titu ^a   Gupta, Ratan Das ^a  

^a DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK FACTOR; SELF DEFENSE; THREAT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 77955160430     PISSN: 19979797     EISSN: 20755384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jom.v11i2.5465     Document Type: Article

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