A study on workplace violence and its effect on quality of life among medical professionals in China

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-88

  Wu, Siying ^a   Lin, Shaowei ^a   Li, Huangyuan ^a   Chai, Wenli ^a   Zhang, Qiaohui ^a   Wu, Yihai ^a   Zhu, Wei ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Medical professionals; Quality of life; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THREAT; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 84891676690     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2012.732124     Document Type: Article

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