Being Trapped in a Circle: Life after a Suicide Attempt in Taiwan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 302-309

  Tzeng, Wen Chii ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035495620     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104365960101200405     Document Type: Article

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