Psychological consequences of aggression in pre-hospital emergency care: Cross sectional survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 260-270

  Bernaldo De Quirós, Mónica ^a   Piccini, Ana T ^a   Gómez, M Mar ^a   Cerdeira, Jose C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SUMMA 112   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Burnout; Emergency; Health care workers; Mental health; Nurses; Physicians; Pre hospital emergency care; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84919473892     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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