Is it worth emergency departments recording information about alcohol-related assault occurring in inner-city, late-night entertainment precincts?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-107

  Pointing, Shane ^a   Hayes Jonkers, Charmaine ^a   Stone, Richard ^b   Brinn, Dennis ^b   Clough, Alan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL RELATED ASSAULT; ALCOHOLISM; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; CITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NIGHT WORK; PATIENT CARE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79551489033     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01382.x     Document Type: Letter

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