Images of God used by self-injurious burn patients

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 443-448

  Grossoehme, D H ^a   Springer, L S ^b  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Religion; Self inflicted injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; RELIGION; SUICIDE; WIDOW;

ADULT; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RELIGION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0032800679     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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