Motor vehicle accident or driver suicide? Identifying cases of failed driver suicide in the trauma setting

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-21

  Henderson, Antony F ^a   Joseph, Anthony P ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberate crash; Driver suicide; Intentional crash; Self inflicted injury; Suicide; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84855590277     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.192     Document Type: Review

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