Is a clinician's "gut feeling" enough to identify self harm?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7839, 2012, Pages

  Ellis, Charlotte L O ^a  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE; NOTE;

HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860545766     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e142     Document Type: Letter

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