A psychiatrist's reaction to a patient's suicide

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1630-1634

  Gitlin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032871084     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.10.1630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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