A checklist to identify inpatient suicide hazards in Veterans Affairs hospitals

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-93

  Mills, Peter D ^a,b   Vince Watts, B ^b,c   Miller, Steven ^d   Kemp, Jan ^d   Knox, Kerry ^d,e   De Rosier, Joseph M ^f   Bagian, James P ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA Center of Excellence at Canandaigua   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHECKLIST; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77952312279     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36015-6     Document Type: Article

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