title: A model response to combative patient behavior.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cushman & Wakefield Asset Services, USA.
authors.forename: Jordan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016272:Occupational Health; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence