Violence and health care professionals
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Violence and health care professionals
Chapman & Hall, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780412461705
内容説明
In recent years, violence to staff has been highlighted by the media, professional bodies, trade unions and government departments. One group of workers, those in health care, have a unique problem: their professional commitment to continue to care for assailants following personal assault. Health professionals are becoming less tolerant of attack and are seeking strategies to avoid injury and to manage the problem proactively. This research-based book identifies and addresses the facts of the risks to different groups of workers. It surveys the responses both of the victims of attack and of the organisations they represent and work in. This not only reassures victims that certain responses are normal, but also suggests detailed, evaluated therapeutic interventions that enable recovery. The information provided is for people working directly with patients, but it should also be of use to employers setting up policies and procedures. The authors' findings should enable the prevention of violence and provide a guide to the support of victims who may suffer long-term psychological trauma following assault.
This book should be of interest to health professionals including psychiatrists, social workers, community health teams, psychologists, nurses and GPs.
目次
- Part 1: What is the risk to health care professionals? Part 2: Guidelines for the assessment of violence
- Part 3: Reactions to violence
- Part 4: Prevention and management of violence at work.
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: us ISBN 9781565931329
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Til Wykes BACKGROUND The recent publication of several surveys on violence was the impetus for this book. The first was carried out in 1986 by the Health and Safety Commission Health Services Advisory Committee (1987). They conducted a comprehensive survey of the inddence of violence to 5000 workers in five separate health districts. The results from the 3000 people who eventually replied made many in the caring professions worried. One in 200 workers had suffered a major injury following a violent attack during the previous year and a further one in ten needed first aid following an assault. Other surveys also showed high risks: of sodal service staff, 6% had suffered an attack in the past 5 years (Saunders, 1987), and sodal workers were at even high er risk. 29% had been assaulted in the last 3 years (Rowett, 1986). In addition, 4% of general practitioners had experienced an attack resulting in injury in the past year (D'Urso and Hobbs, 1989). Clinical psychologists were also at risk - 53% had been assaulted at least once during their professional career and 18% in the past year (Perkins, 1991). Media reports of extreme violence seem to be the tip of the iceberg. Many staff are attacked and some of these attacks have serious physical or psychological consequences that interfere with the victim' s ability to return to their full working capadty. This loss of highly trained staff should be recognized by employers and the community.
目次
One What is the risk to health care professionals?.- 1. Violence to health care professionals: A health and safety perspective.- 2. Violence in psychiatric hospitals.- 3. Violence to social workers.- 4. Aggression towards general practitioners.- 5. Sexual victimization in the workplace.- Two Reactions to violence.- 6. Reactions to assault.- 7. Compensation and the criminal justice system.- Three Prevention and management of violence at work.- 8. The prediction of violence in a health care setting.- 9. The pharmacological management of aggressive patients.- 10. Coping with violent situations in the caring environment.- 11. Counselling for victims of violence.- 12. Organizational approaches to the prevention and management of violence.- Appendix A Information on professional, trade union and voluntary groups who offer assistance to victims.- Appendix B Bibliography.
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