Dealing with suicidal patients - A challenging task: A qualitative study of young physicians' experiences

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Høifødt, Tordis Sørensen ^a,b   Talseth, Anne Grethe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Faculty of Health Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORALS; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748600663     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-44     Document Type: Article

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