Limit-setting and decision-making in the management of aggression

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-161

  Lowe, Trevor ^a   Wellman, Nigel ^b   Taylor, Richard ^c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BERKSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assaults on staff; Conflict scenarios; Decision making; Intervention options; Limit setting; Multidimensional scaling; Psychiatric inpatients; Psychiatric nurses; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; IMPULSIVENESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 0037271050     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02517.x     Document Type: Article

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