Patient violence and the clinician
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Patient violence and the clinician
（Clinical practice, no. 30）
American Psychiatric Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Patient Violence and the Clinician presents clinically relevant information on violent patients and how clinicians can deal with threats of potential violence in their everyday practice. This book describes the clinical information known about the characteristics of assaultive patients. It also reviews special issues of clinician safety related to women, psychiatric residents, and psychiatric nurses.
Patient Violence and the Clinician provides concrete strategies for enhancing clinician safety through architecture, alarm systems, and behavioral strategies. It addresses staff issues and the humane treatment of the violent patient. This book helps the clinician think about the cultural issues that surround the treatment of the violent patient-before violence erupts.
Table of Contents
A commentary on ethical perspectives for clinician safety application: the risk of being attacked by patients: who, how often, and where? Women clinicians and patient assaults. Violence and psychiatric residency. Verbal threats against clinicians. Assaults with weapons. Managing countertransference reactions to aggressive patients. Nursing staff as victims of patient assault. A critical incident report for capturing violent acts: the North Carolina experience. Strategies for clinician safety. Prosecution as a response to violence by psychiatric patients. Index.
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