The impact of patient suicide on rural general practitioners.
Year: 2001
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This survey of 152 rural general practitioners (GPs) studied the impact of patient suicide on their professional and personal lives. The response rate was 79%, with the average GP encountering a patient suicide every three years. The reactions of GPs to patient suicide were similar to those expressed by other health care workers. Factors that lessened the effects of patient suicide were identified and most GPs indicated their preference for a support system to be established to facilitate GPs in dealing with the aftermath of practice suicide.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: P Halligan, P Corcoran
Institution: National Suicide Research Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W136681093