Nurses' experiences of patient suicide and suicide attempts in an acute unit

Mental Health Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Bohan, Fiona ^a   Doyle, Louise ^b  

^a South West Area Health Board ^*  (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Mental health services; Self harm; Staff: Attitudes; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959851991     PISSN: 14658720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/mhp2008.02.11.5.12.c6338     Document Type: Article

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