Hostile clinician behaviours in the nursing work environment and implications for patient care: A mixed-methods systematic review

BMC Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hutchinson, Marie ^a   Jackson, Debra ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disruptive behaviour; Nurse physician relations; Quality of care; Systematic review; Teamwork; Work environment; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885442966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-12-25     Document Type: Article

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