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Organizational approaches to the prevention and management of violence

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Violence is the most life-threatening risk faced by health care staff at work. Surveys show how commonplace it is and, as well as the risk of injury, it can bring unmanageable levels of occupational stress that damage the staff’s personal esteem and threaten their ability to continue in the job.

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

    Til Wykes

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Greaves, A. (1994). Organizational approaches to the prevention and management of violence. In: Wykes, T. (eds) Violence and Health Care Professionals. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2863-4_13

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