Elderly people who committed suicide-their contact with the health service. What did they expect, and what did they get?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 938-946

  Kjlseth, Ildri ^a   Ekeberg, Øivind ^b,c   Steihaug, Sissel ^d,e  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d SINTEF   (Norway)

^e AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

elderly; prevention; psychological autopsy; qualitative; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

EID: 78449255949     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501056     Document Type: Article

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