A survey of deliberate self harm services in New Zealand: Shouldn't we be doing better?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1039, 1997, Pages 74-75

  Hatcher, Simon ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031567046     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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