Suicide inquiry in primary care: Creating context, inquiring, and following up

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Vannoy, Steven D ^a   Fancher, Tonya ^b   Meltvedt, Caitlyn ^b   Unützer, Jürgen ^a   Duberstein, Paul ^c   Kravitz, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Primary health care; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; SUICIDE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SUICIDE; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77649171941     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1036     Document Type: Article

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