A survey of verbal and physical assaults towards psychiatrists in Turkey

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-636

  Altinbaş, Kürşat ^a   Altinbaş, Gülçin ^a   Türkcan, Ahmet ^a   Oral, E Timuçin ^a   Walters, James ^b  

^a BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hospital setting; physical violence; psychiatrists; verbal aggression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 81755162790     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764010382364     Document Type: Review

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