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Knowing When to Say Goodbye: Final Exit and Suicide in the Elderly.

Authors :
Lerner, Barron H.
Source :
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Win 1995 25(4):508-512.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Comments on fiction writer Derek Humphry's short story "Final Exit," in which an elderly couple commits double suicide. Notes the story could serve as a suicide manual for the nonterminal elderly. Asserts that fiction highlights the ambiguities surrounding elder suicide and serves as a reminder to view elder suicide in the context of individual life experiences. (KW)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0363-0234
Volume :
25
Issue :
4
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
EJ517556
Document Type :
Information Analyses<br />Journal Articles