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Violence and Health Care Professionals

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Til Wykes

    1. Department of Psychology Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Til Wykes
      Pages 1-6

  3. What is the risk to health care professionals?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Violence to health care professionals: a health and safety perspective

      • Colin MacKay
      Pages 9-22

    3. Violence in psychiatric hospitals

      • Richard Whittington
      Pages 23-43

    4. Violence to social workers

      • Stanley Bute
      Pages 45-71

    5. Aggression towards general practitioners

      • F. D. Richard Hobbs
      Pages 73-87

    6. Sexual victimization in the workplace

      • Gillian Mezey
      Pages 89-102

  4. Reactions to violence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Reactions to assault

      • Til Wykes, Richard Whittington
      Pages 105-126

    3. Compensation and the criminal justice system

      • David Miers, Joanna Shapland
      Pages 127-152

  5. Prevention and management of violence at work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. The prediction of violence in a health care setting

      • Richard Whittington, Til Wykes
      Pages 155-173

    3. The pharmacological management of aggressive behaviour

      • Lyn Pilowsky
      Pages 175-188

    4. Coping with violent situations in the caring environment

      • Andrew McDonnell, John McEvoy, R. L. Dearden
      Pages 189-206

    5. Counselling for victims of violence

      • Til Wykes, Gillian Mezey
      Pages 207-223

    6. Organizational approaches to the prevention and management of violence

      • Anne Greaves
      Pages 225-246

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 247-265
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About this book

Til Wykes BACKGROUND The recent publication of several surveys on violence was the impetus for this book. The first was carried out in 1986 by the Health and Safety Commission Health Services Advisory Committee (1987). They conducted a comprehensive survey of the inddence of violence to 5000 workers in five separate health districts. The results from the 3000 people who eventually replied made many in the caring professions worried. One in 200 workers had suffered a major injury following a violent attack during the previous year and a further one in ten needed first aid following an assault. Other surveys also showed high risks: of sodal service staff, 6% had suffered an attack in the past 5 years (Saunders, 1987), and sodal workers were at even high er risk. 29% had been assaulted in the last 3 years (Rowett, 1986). In addition, 4% of general practitioners had experienced an attack resulting in injury in the past year (D'Urso and Hobbs, 1989). Clinical psychologists were also at risk - 53% had been assaulted at least once during their professional career and 18% in the past year (Perkins, 1991). Media reports of extreme violence seem to be the tip of the iceberg. Many staff are attacked and some of these attacks have serious physical or psychological consequences that interfere with the victim' s ability to return to their full working capadty. This loss of highly trained staff should be recognized by employers and the community.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London, UK

    Til Wykes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Violence and Health Care Professionals

  • Editors: Til Wykes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2863-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-56593-132-9Published: 01 January 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2863-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 265

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Work, Sociology, general, Health Psychology

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