Perceived competence and attitudes towards patients with suicidal behaviour: A survey of general practitioners, psychiatrists and internists

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Grimholt, Tine K ^a,b   Haavet, Ole R ^c   Jacobsen, Dag ^a   Sandvik, Leiv ^a   Ekeberg, Oivind ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Regional Centre of Violence   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Incurable illness; Physicians; Substance misuse; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84902276502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-208     Document Type: Article

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