Safer self-injury or assisted self-harm?

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-92

  Gutridge, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistance; Ethics; Harm; Psychiatry; Self injury

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; COGNITION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SAFETY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLITION;

EID: 77951216683     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-010-9135-z     Document Type: Article

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