Physical violence against general practitioners and nurses in Chinese township hospitals: A cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Xing, Kai ^a   Jiao, Mingli ^a   Ma, Hongkun ^a   Qiao, Hong ^a   Hao, Yanhua ^a   Li, Ye ^a   Gao, Lijun ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Kang, Zheng ^a   Liang, Libo ^a   Wu, Qunhong ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSAULT; BULLYING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; THREAT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POLICY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84956615320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142954     Document Type: Review

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