A response to patient-initiated aggression in general practice: Australian professional medical organisations face a challenge

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-259

  Ceramidas, Dagmar M ^a   Parker, Rhian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

general practitioners; organisational approach; practice staff; professional organisations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT INITIATED AGGRESSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING; UNCERTAINTY; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956404179     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY09074     Document Type: Article

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