The Relationship Between Acceptability of Suicide Attempters and Their Perceived Intention to Die as Rated by Registered Nurses (Micro RC 569 C35 1981)

Study to investigate by means of a questionnaire, firstly whether the nurses ratings of acceptability vary with their perceptions of the patients intent to die; secondly whether nurses in different clinical settings vary in their attitudes, and thirdly whether frequency of encountering suicidal patients affects these attitudes. Rational suicide and suicide in response to a terminal illness are also included. (KB)