Development of a Data Collection Instrument for Violent Patient Encounters against Healthcare Workers
Introduction: Healthcare and social workers have the highest incidence of workplace violence ofany industry. Assaults toward healthcare workers account for nearly half of all nonfatal injuries fromoccupational violence. Our goal was to develop and evaluate an instrument for prospective collectionof...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2012-12-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/451704jb |