title: The nature and causes of violent incidents in intensive-care settings.
abstract: Violence in health-care settings is a common occurrence. This paper reports on a questionnaire survey to establish the incidence of such events in a critical-care environment. Nurses were asked how they had responded to a violent attack, whether they felt it was intentional and whether they had made a formal report. There are implications for training and reporting systems.
authors.affiliation: University of Greenwich/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*