Getting it right: caring for people who self-harm.
The treatment received in emergency departments by people who self-harm depends to a great extent on the behaviour of staff and how this is perceived by service users. In this article, a long-time service user describes how she was pleasantly surprised by the attitudes of the emergency nurses and doctors who cared for her after she had self-harmed.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology