International Emergency Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 3-13 , January 2012

Measuring emergency department nurses’ attitudes towards deliberate self-harm using the Self-Harm Antipathy Scale

  • Mary Conlon, MHSc, H.Dip MH, RPN, Dip. Psych. (Advanced Nurse Practitioner Liaison Mental Health)

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Mental Health Services, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
    • ,
  • Claire O’Tuathail, RN, Diploma in Gerontology, PGCert. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Lecturer, Director of Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Gerontology))

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aras Moyola, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 91495314.

Received 5 July 2010 ,Revised 29 July 2010 ,Accepted 7 August 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2010.08.001

International Emergency Nursing
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