Phil barker and poppy Buchanan-Barker believe NICE guidance on self-harm leaves mental health nursing on the sidelines
The statistic that 170,000 people a year attend A&E after deliberately harming themselves helped put the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance on self-harm on the front pages. The real story, though, lies in its narrow vision, if not the lack of imagination that bedevils its attempts to address a social problem.
Nursing Standard. 18, 50, 22-23. doi: 10.7748/ns.18.50.22.s32
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