@article{ref1,
title="Analysis of accident and emergency doctors' responses to treating people who self-harm",
journal="Qualitative health research",
year="2009",
author="Hadfield, Jo and Brown, D. and Pembroke, Louise and Hayward, Mark",
volume="19",
number="6",
pages="755-765",
abstract="Self-harm is a prevalent phenomenon regularly faced by doctors and nurses working in accident and emergency (A&E) departments. We argue that the treatment decisions A&E doctors make are fundamental to decreasing the high risk of suicide among this group. In this article we present a qualitative study exploring how doctors working in A&E respond to treating people who self-harm. In total, five A&E doctors were interviewed and the data were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Three main themes were extracted: treating the body, silencing the self, and mirroring cultural and societal responses to self-harm. Within these themes, we identified both facilitative and unhelpful aspects of the relationships between people who self-harm and A&E doctors. We consider the clinical implications of these findings within the context of A&E doctors having limited opportunities to address the relational nature of the care they offer to this group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-7323",
doi="10.1177/1049732309334473",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732309334473"
}