Family care of Taiwanese patients who had attempted suicide: A grounded theory study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Sun, Fan Ko ^a,b   Long, Ann ^a   Huang, Xuan Yi ^a,c   Huang, Hui Man ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coping; Discharge; Family caregivers; Grounded theory; Mental health; Nursing; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN;

EID: 40949148709     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04578.x     Document Type: Article

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