“But I did not touch nobody!” – Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards: a qualitative study (2024)

Vermeulen, J., Doedens, P., Boyette, L., Spek, B., Latour, C. H. M., & de Haan, L. (2019). “But I did not touch nobody!” – Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(11), 2845-2854. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14107

Vermeulen, Jentien ; Doedens, Paul ; Boyette, Lindy et al. / “But I did not touch nobody!” – Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards : a qualitative study. In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2019 ; Vol. 75, No. 11. pp. 2845-2854.

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Vermeulen, J, Doedens, P, Boyette, L, Spek, B, Latour, CHM & de Haan, L 2019, '“But I did not touch nobody!” – Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards: a qualitative study', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 75, no. 11, pp. 2845-2854. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14107

“But I did not touch nobody!” – Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards: a qualitative study. / Vermeulen, Jentien; Doedens, Paul; Boyette, Lindy et al.
In: Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 75, No. 11, 2019, p. 2845-2854.

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Vermeulen J, Doedens P, Boyette L, Spek B, Latour CHM, de Haan L. “But I did not touch nobody!” – Patients’ and nurses’ perspectives and recommendations after aggression on psychiatric wards: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2019;75(11):2845-2854. doi: 10.1111/jan.14107