Analysis of Violent Incidents at Five Regional and Remote Australian Emergency Departments: A Retrospective Descriptive Study

• Main Authors: Brodie Thomas (Author), Alycia Jacob (Author), Damhnat McCann (Author), Penny Buykx (Author), Rebecca Schultz (Author), Leigh Kinsman (Author), Peter O'Meara (Author), Kristina Edvardsson (Author), Evelien Spelten (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction Workplace violence is endemic, destructive, and escalating in frequency and severity in healthcare. There is a paucity of research on workplace violence in regional and remote hospital emergency departments (EDs). Objective The aim of this study was to identify the perpetrator and situa...