title: The gentle art of threat assessment.
abstract: Accurate threat assessments are essential to designing a program that protects hospital assets, patients, staff, and visitors. The article reviews the sources used to quantify and qualify threats to hospitals including those that are relevant and those that are less relevant.
authors.affiliation: Threat Analysis Group, LLC, USA.
authors.forename: Karim H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Vellani
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States