Workplace violence towards workers in the emergency departments of Palestinian hospitals: A cross-sectional study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hamdan, Motasem ^a   Abu Hamra, Asma'a ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Causes; Effects; Emergency departments; Risk factors; Workplace violence

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARAB; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARABS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

EID: 85019211116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0018-2     Document Type: Article

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