Assessing the risk for suicide in patients with cancer.
The Joint Commission publishes its annual National Patient Safety Goals to guide accredited organizations in addressing high-risk, low-volume concerns related to patient safety. The 2010 list includes a goal to identify patients at risk for suicide, but do oncology nurses need to be concerned about the risk of suicide in patients with cancer?
College of Nursing, Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA. lisa.aiello-laws@villanova.edu
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Aiello-Laws
D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013405:Suicide; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology