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Article: Suicide Types
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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SUICIDE TYPES
INDIRECT SUICIDE
Brian L. Mishara
MURDER-SUICIDE
Marc S. Daigle
PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
Robert Kastenbaum
RATIONAL SUICIDE
Brian L. Mishara
SUICIDE PACTS
Janie
Houle, Isabelle Marcoux
THEORIES OF SUICIDE
David Lester
INDIRECT SUICIDE
Suicide, perhaps the most obvious type of avoidable death at any age, is an intentional act that quickly results in death. However, there is a wide range of indirect suicidal behaviors in which death results gradually rather than immediately, and in which the degree of intentionality is less obvious than in an overt suicide attempt.
Defining Indirect Suicidal Behavior
Robert Kastenbaum and Brian Mishara, in their ...