Ethical and Practical Considerations in the Use of a Predictive Model to Trigger Suicide Prevention Interventions in Healthcare Settings

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 382-392

  Tucker, Raymond P ^a,b   Tackett, Meredith J ^a   Glickman, David ^a   Reger, Mark A ^a,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

EID: 85059579840     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12431     Document Type: Article

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