Case-controlled Analysis of Patient-based Risk Factors for Assault in the Healthcare Workplace
Introduction: Violence against healthcare workers in the medical setting is common and associated with both physical and psychological adversity. The objective of this study was to identify features associated with assailants to allow early identification of patients at risk for committing an assaul...
Main Authors: | Ilene A. Claudius, Shoma Desai, Ebony Davis, Sean Henderson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-09-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/94h4t0th |
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