Quantitative and thematic analysis of burns surgeons’ attitudes, beliefs and surgical decision-making in self-harm burn injuries: The use of a questionnaire and hypothetical cases

Rai, Lovedeep; Shepherd, Laura J.; O’Boyle, Ciaran P.

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2018.08.003

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“…The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) guidelines for hand trauma make no reference to the self-harm population or their specific needs. 9 There is also evidence of negative stereotyping of patients who self-harm by healthcare professionals in surgical services 10 , 11 ; this includes judgemental beliefs regarding motivation for the act (i.e. that it is ‘attention seeking’), restriction of surgical treatment due to perceived futility (due to wound tampering or repeated self-harm) or surgical intervention reinforcing self-harm behaviours.…”

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