title: Violence against home care providers--stop it before it starts.
abstract: Prevention of patient violence and staff injuries is critical in home care, where clinicians work alone in the community in patients' residences and do not have other health care providers or security personnel on site when patients escalate toward violent behavior.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Distasio
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012637:Security Measures; D013405:Suicide; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace