Ethical and legal issues in suicidology: International perspectives

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-197

  Leenaars, Antoon ^a   Cantor, Chris ^a   Connolly, John ^a   Echo Hawk, Marlene ^a   Gailiene, Danute ^a   Xiong He, Zhao ^a   Kokorina, Natalia ^a   Lester, David ^a   Lopatin, Andrew ^a   Rodriguez, Mario ^a   Schlebusch, Lourens ^a   Takahashi, Yoshitomo ^a   Vijayakumar, Lakshmi ^a  

^a International Working Group on Ethical and Legal Issues in Suicidology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical legal; International; Liability; Malpractice; Standards; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036882038     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110208951175     Document Type: Article

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