Attitudes of emergency care staff towards young people who self-harm: A scoping review

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-61

  Cleaver, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Adolescence; Attempted suicide; Attitudes; Emergency care; Self harm; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMUTILATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891372750     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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