Suicide: A literature review and its implications for nursing practice in Taiwan

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-455

  Sun, F K ^a,d   Long, A ^b   Boore, J ^b   Tsao, L I ^c  

^a TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d No 14 5 Ming Her Village ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assessment of suicide; Psychiatric nurses; Suicidal patients; Suicide; Suicide nursing care; Therapeutic communication skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 22544480536     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00863.x     Document Type: Review

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