Health professionals' perspectives of suicide in Taiwan

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-463

  Tzeng, Wen Chii ^a,c   Lipson, Juliene G ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tri Service General Hospital ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 18844420494     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840590922461     Document Type: Review

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