Nurses' responses to suicide and suicidal patients: A critical interpretive synthesis

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1651-1667

  Talseth, Anne Grethe ^a   Gilje, Fredricka L ^b  

^a University at Tromsø   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Critical Interpretive Synthesis; Nurses; Nursing; Responses; Suicide

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NURSING; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; NURSING; SUICIDE;

EID: 79955757532     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03490.x     Document Type: Review

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