Suicide in older adults: Nursing assessment of suicide risk

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-370

  Garand, Linda ^a,e   Mitchell, Ann M ^a   Dietrick, Ann ^b   Hijjawi, Sophia P ^c   Pan, Di ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645283365     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840600569633     Document Type: Review

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