A model response to combative patient behavior.
This article discusses a relatively simple behavioral model that can be used by hospital staff to understand the actions of potentially combative patients. The model can be used, the author says, as a common guideline for the actions of staff members responding to potentially assaultive behavior by patients.
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Jordan W
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Cushman & Wakefield Asset Services, USA.
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