Citation

Hogarty SS, Rodaitis CM. J. Nurs. Adm. 1987; 17(10): 36-42.

Affiliation

Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3655923

Abstract

Nursing administrators cannot ignore the need for suicide precautions in the general hospital. Though the incidence of suicide might be low, the number of patients at risk remains high. Legal liability for the institution that fails to provide reasonable care can be considerable. The authors offer a model suicide precautions policy, specifically tailored to the general hospital, and describe procedures for its implementation.

Language: en