Violence and health care professionals / edited by Til Wykes.

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, [1994], ©1994.

viii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Violence to health care professionals : a health and safety perspective / Colin MacKay -- Violence in psychiatric hospitals / Richard Whittington -- Violence to social workers / Stanley Bute -- Aggression towards general practitioners / F.D. Richard Hobbs -- Sexual victimization in the workplace / Gillian Mezey -- Reactions to assault / Til Wykes and Richard Whittington -- Compensation and the criminal justice system / David Miers and Joanna Shapland -- The prediction of violence in a health care setting / Richard Whittington and Til Wykes -- The pharmacological management of aggressive patients / Lyn Pilowsky -- Coping with violent situations in the caring environment / Andrew McDonnell, John McEvoy and R.L. Dearden -- Counselling for victims of violence / Til Wykes and Gillian Mezey -- Organizational approaches to the prevention and management of violence / Anne Greaves.

Includes bibliographical references and index