Averting suicide in terminally ill patients

Steven L. Dubovsky

doi:10.1016/S0033-3182(78)71022-4

Averting suicide in terminally ill patients

Steven L. Dubovsky

Department of Psychiatry

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Possible reasons why some terminally ill patients develop suicidal tendencies are discussed in this paper. Three such patients are described and the author suggests how, by addressing the patients’ needs to feel an increased sense of mastery over their circumstances, the risk of suicide can be decreased.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-115
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychosomatics
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3182(78)71022-4
State	Published - 1978

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