Knowledge and confidence of Australian emergency department clinicians in managing patients with mental health-related presentations: Findings from a national qualitative study

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jelinek, George A ^a,b   Weiland, Tracey J ^a,b,c   Mackinlay, Claire ^a   Gerdtz, Marie ^b,d   Hill, Nicole ^d  

^a St Vincent's Public Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confidence; Emergency department; Knowledge; Learning needs analysis; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84893596646     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-6-2     Document Type: Article

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