A survey of Dutch GPs' attitudes towards help seeking and follow-up care for relatives bereaved by suicide

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-376

  de Groot, Marieke ^a   van der Meer, Klaas ^a   Burger, Huibert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RELATIVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SUICIDE;

EID: 70349543813     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp046     Document Type: Article

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