After an inpatient suicide: The aim and outcome of review mechanisms

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-364

  Vine, Ruth ^a   Mulder, Claudia ^b  

^a Inner West Area Mental Health Service   (Australia)

^b Victorian Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital procedures; Inpatient suicide; Mental health; Review process; Risk management; Root cause analysis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHIATRIST; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SENTINEL EVENT; SUICIDE;

HOSPITAL PROCEDURES; INPATIENT SUICIDE; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW PROCESS; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84889064942     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856213486306     Document Type: Article

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