Firearm-assisted suicide: Legislative, policing and clinical concerns

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Sarma, Kiran ^a   Griffin, Diarmuid ^a   Kola, Susanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Firearms; Handguns; Mental illness; Parasuicide; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIREARM; HUMAN; IRELAND; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICE; POLICY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ASPHYXIA; DROWNING; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; METHODS; NECK INJURIES; POISONING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 71549171689     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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