Workplace violence against physicians and nurses in Palestinian public hospitals: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kitaneh, Mohamad ^a   Hamdan, Motasem ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Hospitals; Nurses and physicians; Palestine; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARABS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871206669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-469     Document Type: Article

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