Is It Rational to Pursue Zero Suicides Among Patients in Health Care?

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 745-754

  Mokkenstorm, Jan K ^a,b   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^c   Smit, Johannes H ^a,b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GGZinGeest ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SUICIDE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 85032301660     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12396     Document Type: Article

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