Elderly suicide: An analysis of coroner's inquests into two hundred cases in Cheshire 1989 - 2001

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Salib, Emad ^a,b,e   Rahim, Sahar ^b,c   El Nimr, George ^d   Habeeb, Bassem ^c  

^a 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Hollins Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 14844360936     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.1.71     Document Type: Review

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