Physical Violence against General Practitioners and Nurses in Chinese Township Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors of physical violence in Chinese township hospitals.A cross-sectional survey was used in a sample of 442 general practitioners and 398 general nurses from 90 township hospitals located in Heilongjiang province, China (response rate = 84.8%).A tota...

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Main Authors: Kai Xing, Mingli Jiao, Hongkun Ma, Hong Qiao, Yanhua Hao, Ye Li, Lijun Gao, Hong Sun, Zheng Kang, Libo Liang, Qunhong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4646672?pdf=render