Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 82-93 , April 2006

Cross-Cultural Differences in Psychiatric Nurses' Attitudes to Inpatient Aggression

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2005.08.012

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 82-93 , April 2006

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