Managing Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 276-282

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84955626128     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.09.001     Document Type: Review

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