The meaning of suicidal psychiatric in-patients' experiences of being cared for by mental health nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1034-1041

  Talseth, Anne Grethe ^a,b   Lindseth, A ^c   Jacobsson, L ^c   Norberg, A ^c  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (Norway)

^b MH Bygget   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Confirmation; Ethics; Mental health nurses; Patients' narratives; Phenomenological hermeneutics; Psychiatric care; Recognition; Suicidal thoughts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STANDARD; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0033126722     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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