Stalking by Patients: Doctors experiences in a canadian urban area

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 738-743

  Abrams, Karen Michele ^a,b   Robinson, Gail Erlick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

doctor stalking; harassment; patient stalking of healthcare professionals; Stalking of physicians; stalking of psychiatrists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; STALKING; SURGEON; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CANADA; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STALKING;

EID: 80053532058     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31822fc7aa     Document Type: Article

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