Debriefing: Care and sympathy are not enough

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 533-534

  McFarlane, Alexander C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIRTH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELIVERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCREENING; SOLDIER; SUPPORT GROUP; TERRORISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; WAR;

EID: 0038717193     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05351.x     Document Type: Editorial

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