Hospital violence.
The author discusses the problem of healthcare violence, including factors that contribute to it, how to identify high-risk individuals, the socioeconomic impact of assault injuries, violence associated with prisoners as patients, and psychiatric ward violence. He also provides an outline of emergency department security survey procedures, as well as guidelines for improving hospital security.
Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, USA.
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May
D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D012637:Security Measures / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014789:Visitors to Patients; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology