@article{ref1,
title="When, if ever, should care providers neither contact families of suicidal patients to gain more information nor hospitalize patients?",
journal="Journal of clinical ethics",
year="2023",
author="Howe, Edmund G.",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="117-122",
abstract="In this piece I discuss when care providers should not contact suicidal patients' families to get collateral information from them or hospitalize patients over their objections. I suggest that when these patients are chronically suicidal, overriding these wants may be best in the short run but increase their net risk in the longer run. I also discuss in this regard how contacted families may become overprotective and how hospitalization can be traumatic. I present an alternative approach that can increase these patients' safety over the longer run and relate three practical approaches care providers may find useful: explaining their decisions to patients, monitoring their own fear, and instilling hope.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1046-7890",
doi="10.1086/724281",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/724281"
}