Feasibility and need for violence risk screening at triage: An exploration of clinical processes and public perceptions in one Australian emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 457-462

  Daniel, Catherine ^a   Gerdtz, Marie ^b   Elsom, Stephen ^c   Knott, Jonathan ^d   Prematunga, Roshani ^c   Virtue, Elizabeth ^d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPECTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIOLENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84930376597     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202979     Document Type: Article

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