Violence against doctors in China

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7874, 2012, Pages

  Hesketh, Therese ^a   Wu, Dan ^a   Mao, Linan ^b   Ma, Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Zhejaing Centre for International Medical and Health Cooperation   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84866275977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5730     Document Type: Review

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