How do intoxicated patients impact staff in the emergency epartment? an exploratory study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1336, 2011, Pages

  Gunasekara, Fiona Imlach ^a   Butler, Shaun ^a   Cech, Taisia ^a   Curtis, Elizabeth ^a   Douglas, Michael ^a   Emmerson, Lynda ^a   Greenwood, Rachel ^a   Huse, Sara ^a   Jonggowisastro, Julia ^a   Lees, Camilla ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Mcconnell, Daniel ^a   Mogos, Andreea ^a   Azmy, Nur I M ^a   Newman, Scotty ^a   O'Donnell, Kirstie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 79958291980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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