Physiotherapy
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 170-175 , September 2009

Physical assault by patients against physiotherapists working in mental health settings

  • Brendon Stubbs

      Affiliations

    • St Andrews Healthcare, Billing Road, Northampton NN1 5DG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1604616251; fax: +44 1604616015.
    • ,
  • Geoff Dickens

      Affiliations

    • St Andrew's Academic Centre, Kings College London Institute of Psychiatry, Northampton, NN1 4BW

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PII: S0031-9406(09)00051-0

doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2009.04.005

Physiotherapy
Volume 95, Issue 3 , Pages 170-175 , September 2009

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