This month’s specialty profile on Workplace Violence in Health Care represents the fourth and final installment of our 2023-2024 Doody’s Special Topics Lists. 

Healthcare professionals are a pillar of society that manages and supplements our well-being in many ways. However, systems are needed to ensure those professionals are provided the same care and protection. Health care is a high-stress, high-risk environment, and many professionals, especially front-line workers, are susceptible to violence in the workplace. To ensure healthcare professionals can provide great care, special attention is needed to maintain their immediate safety and protection as well as their work-life balance and well-being.  

This Doody’s Special Topics List compiles a variety of materials related to workplace violence in health care, including hospital-based injuries, patient violence, bullying, incivility, and discrimination. Numerous titles are solution-focused, covering different safety measures, violence prevention programs, and de-escalation tactics. Some titles cover emerging topics in workplace violence, while others offer historical context for current problems that can be traced back decades. It is our hope that this list of diverse perspectives and methodologies will help librarians identify and promote resources that offer pragmatic solutions to prevent and respond to workplace violence in health care. 

This Doody’s Special Topics List comprises 40 titles collected from 24 publishers. The prices of these titles range from $0 to $195, with an average cost of $60.35. Doody’s Core Titles 2024 features several well-reviewed titles from this DSTL, including Incivility Among Nursing Professionals in Clinical and Academic Environments: Emerging Research and Opportunities, Green (IGI Global, 2019) and What to Do When Nurses Hurt Nurses: Understanding and Resolving Relational Aggression and Bullying in Nursing, 2nd Edition, Dellasega (Sigma Nursing, 2019). 

Doody’s Review Service subscribers can access the list by clicking  here and logging in.  Doody’s Core Titles  customers can view the list by clicking here to log in. Readers may also be able to access the list through one of our licensing partners: EBSCO, GOBI, Matthews, Ovid, ProQuest, or Login Canada. For help getting access, please contact Customer Service. Stay tuned for the next issue of Doody’s Special Topics Lists, which is due to be released in October.