Providing meaningful care: Learning from the experiences of suicidal young men

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1207-1219

  Jordan, Joanne ^a   McKenna, Hugh ^b   Keeney, Sinead ^b   Cutcliffe, John ^c   Stevenson, Chris ^b   Slater, Paul ^b   McGowan, Iain ^b  

^a University of Ulster ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents youth, at risk; caregivers caregiving; health care; interviews; mental health and illness; qualitative analysis; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84864647630     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312450367     Document Type: Article

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