Inpatient suicide: preventing a common sentinel event

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Tishler, Carl L ^a   Reiss, Natalie Staats ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CenterSite LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Inpatient suicide; Sentinel event; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NATIONAL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY FOR MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE; TRAINING;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 61349149980     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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