Crucial resources to strengthen the desire to live: Experiences of suicidal patients

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 294-307

  Vatne, May ^a   Nåden, Dagfinn ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; awareness; connectedness; hermeneutic; patients experiences; suffering; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HERMENEUTICS; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMPATHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HERMENEUTICS; HOPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VALUE OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84967262833     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733014562990     Document Type: Article

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