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Aggression in psychiatric hospitalizations: a qualitative study of patient and provider perspectives

Denise LamannaMental Health Service, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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Danijela NinkovicMental Health Service, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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Vinothini VijayaratnamFamily and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and
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Ken BaldersonMental Health Service, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Harold SpivakMental Health Service, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shelley BrookMental Health Service, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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David RobertsonMental Health Service, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ;Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pages 536-542 | Received 13 Jul 2015, Accepted 23 May 2016, Published online: 04 Nov 2016

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