Public Health Publication : World Health Organization ; (Php) Public Health Publication, Volume 58: Suicide and Attempted Suicide

By Eileen M. Brooke

Book Id: WPLBN0000135392
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Title:	Public Health Publication : World Health Organization ; (Php) Public Health Publication, Volume 58: Suicide and Attempted Suicide
Author:	Eileen M. Brooke
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Table of Contents
CONTENTS List of collaborators and participating countries . . . . . . . Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part I. Ascertainment of Deaths from Suicide- Eileen M. Brooke M. Atlcinson Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedures for ascertaining deaths from suicide Method of inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons responsible for deciding whether a death is due to suicide. Level of appointment of persons making decisions on suicide, and their control and supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working time of persons responsible for deciding on suicide and proportion of suicides examined by those working full time . . Method of informing persons responsible for the decision on suicide that an unnatural death had occurred. . . . . . . . . . . . Aids to arriving at a correct verdict-I. Inquiries and examinations Aids to arriving at a correct verdict-11. Autopsies . . . . . . . Aids to arriving at a correct verdict-111. Chemical examinations . Methods of arriving at a decision on suicide . . . . . . . . . . Whether the inquiry and the decision are made public . . . . . . Whether the decision that a death is suicide can be reversed in the light of supplementary information . . . . . . . . . . . . . Where the decision on suicide is recorded and by whom . . . . . Preservation of records of suicidal deaths and their availability for research purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording the mode of unnatural death on the death certificate . . Availability of record that death is stated to have been from unnatural causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Methods of recording and counting probable suicides and open or unknown verdicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Countries with double systems for recording suicides and producing statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary and conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .