Triaging suicidal patients: Sifting through the evidence

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-174

  Clarke, Diana E ^a   Brown, Anne Marie ^a,b   Giles Smith, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emergency department triage; Risk factors; Suicidal presentations

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 46749153365     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.03.004     Document Type: Review

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