Aggression In Care

Aggression is a range of behaviours or actions to inflict harm, hurt or injury to anther person regardless of whether this is behaviorally or verbally expressed and regardless of whether physical harm is sustained or intention is clear (NICE 2015).
Aggression can present in a variety of settings including emergency rooms, inpatient unit, community and primary care settings and some times in police cells. Untreated, this can quickly escalate risks to the patient, healthcare professionals and family members who are often victims of violence (Bourget 2002; Maguire