1. Suicide and attempted suicide: legal issues
- Author
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James Cornish, G.T. Swart, and James M. Brown
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,Canada ,Poison control ,Suicide, Attempted ,Criminology ,Suicide prevention ,Coroner ,Statute ,Suicide pact ,Life insurance ,Injury prevention ,Medicine ,Humans ,business.industry ,Cause of action ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Suicide ,Insurance, Life ,Commitment of Mentally Ill ,Female ,Medical emergency ,business ,Coroners and Medical Examiners - Abstract
Canadian Federal and Ontario Provincial statutes are reviewed as they relate to suicide and attempted suicide. Issues addressed include involuntary committal to psychiatric facilities, death by suicide as a legal cause of action, insurance exclusionary clauses and coroner's inquests.
- Published
- 1986