The clinical assessment of patients admitted to hospital following an episode of self-harm: A qualitative study

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 470-485

  Redley, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychiatry; Qualitative research; Self harm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954721404     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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