Occupational injury among hospital patient-care workers: What is the association with workplace verbal abuse?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-232

  Sabbath, Erika L ^a   Hurtado, David A ^b   Okechukwu, Cassandra A ^b   Tamers, Sara L ^b,c   Nelson, Candace ^b   Kim, Seung Sup ^d,e   Wagner, Gregory ^b,f   Sorenson, Glorian ^b,c  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Non physical violence; Occupational injury; Workplace abuse; Workplace harassment; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NON-PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE ABUSE; WORKPLACE HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

NON-PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; WORKPLACE ABUSE; WORKPLACE HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVALENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84891904010     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22271     Document Type: Article

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