Measuring emergency department nurses' attitudes towards deliberate self-harm using the Self-Harm Antipathy Scale

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Conlon, Mary ^a   O'Tuathail, Claire ^b  

^a MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Emergency department nursing; Nurses' attitudes; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84855845942     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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