Posttraumatic stress symptomatology in pre-hospital emergency care professionals assaulted by patients and/or relatives: Importance of severity and experience of the aggression

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 339-354

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SUMMA 112   (Spain)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress; Pre hospital emergencies; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84960359457     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514555370     Document Type: Article

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