Nurses' and doctors' attitudes towards suicidal behaviour in young people

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Anderson, Martin ^a   Standen, Penny ^a   Nazir, Saeed ^a   Noon, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health professionals; Suicidal behaviour; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034132721     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7489(99)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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