Interprofessional differences in disposition decisions: Results from a standardized web-based patient assessment

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 808-811

  Gorrindo, Tristan ^a   Goldfarb, Elizabeth ^a   Chevalier, Lydia ^a   Hoeppner, Bettina B ^a,b   Birnbaum, Robert J ^a   Meller, Benjamin ^a   Alpert, Jonathan E ^a   Herman, John ^a   Weiss, Anthony P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883145283     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200461     Document Type: Article

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