Asian Nursing Research
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 197-203 , December 2011

A Survey of Violence Against Staff Working in the Emergency Department in Ankara, Turkey

  • Melek Serpil Talas, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Melek Serpil Talas, Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Şükriye mah., Plevne cad., Aktaş Kavşağı, No. 5/B 06340 Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey.
    • ,
  • Semra Kocaöz, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nursing Department, Niğde Zübeyde Hanım School of Health, Niğde University, Niğde, Turkey
    • ,
  • Selma Akgüç, RN

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey

Received 19 June 2011 ,Revised 9 November 2011 ,Accepted 11 November 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anr.2011.11.001

Asian Nursing Research
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 197-203 , December 2011

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