Resisting blame and managing emotion in general practice: The case of patient suicide

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1714-1720

  Kendall, Kathleen ^a   Wiles, Rose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Blame culture; Critical incident review; Emotion; General practitioners; Governance; Risk management; Suicide; UK

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SUICIDE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952536130     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.045     Document Type: Article

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