TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Analysis of accident and emergency doctors' responses to treating people who self-harm
JO  - Qualitative health research
A1  - Hadfield, Jo
A1  - Brown, D.
A1  - Pembroke, Louise
A1  - Hayward, Mark
SP  - 755
EP  - 765
VL  - 19
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-7323
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732309334473
ID  - ref1
ER  -