Suicidality in the medically ill

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 16-18

  Levenson, James L ^a,c   Bostwick, J Michael ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c Eli Lilly ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 15744370008     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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