Firearm restriction as suicide prevention: Variation in belief and practice among providers in an urban emergency department

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-281

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Barber, Catherine W ^b   Miller, Mathew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77957713869     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025296     Document Type: Article

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