Violence in the workplace

Mayhew, Claire; Chappell, Duncan

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07080.x

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The challenge for health authorities is to implement effective preventive strategies and a zero-tolerance policy

Although in Australia the risk of death or serious physical injury from a violent workplace incident is quite remote, each year about one Australian health worker is murdered at work1 and large numbers are either verbally abused, bullied or assaulted.2

1 Department of Management, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD.
2 Mental Health Review Tribunal, NSW.

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