Bullying in the Australian medical workforce: Cross-sectional data from an Australian e-Cohort study

Australian Health Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Askew, Deborah A ^a   Schluter, Philip J ^b   Dick, Marie Louise ^a   Ŕgo, Patricia M ^a   Turner, Catherine ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84861440954     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH11048     Document Type: Review

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