Operating room nurses' perceptions of the effects of physician-perpetrated abuse

International Nursing Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Higgins, B L ^a   MacIntosh, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern Canada; Effects of Physician perpetrated Abuse; Health effects of abuse; Operating room culture; Physician perpetrated abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77955759196     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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