"Well it's like someone at the other end cares about you." A qualitative study exploring the views of users and providers of care of contact-based interventions following self-harm

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-176

  Cooper, Jayne ^a   Hunter, Cheryl ^a   Owen Smith, Amanda ^b   Gunnell, David ^b   Donovan, Jenny ^b   Hawton, Keith ^c   Kapur, Navneet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956023753     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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