Health-care staff attitudes towards self-harm patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 713-720

  Gibb, Sheree J ^a   Beautrais, Annette L ^a,b   Surgenor, Lois J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health care staff; Self harm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE; TIME; TRAINING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954836293     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048671003671015     Document Type: Article

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