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  • Title: Safe strategies for potentially violent patients, Part 1.
    Author: Dunn SG, Alholm SE.
    Journal: J Med Pract Manage; 2007; 23(2):86-9. PubMed ID: 17974084.
    Abstract:
    The first of a two-part series on workplace violence in the healthcare setting, this article focuses on what each individual healthcare worker can do to reduce the likelihood of a verbal assault escalating into a physical assault. Workplace violence is defined, and signs that may predict violent behavior are listed. Techniques to reduce the possibility that a healthcare worker will be injured in a violent situation are presented, including tips for spoken communication, body language, and disengagement. The second of the two-part series highlights administrative and operational steps that decrease the probability of experiencing workplace violence.
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