The Significance of Nico Speijer's Suicide: How and When Should Suicide Be Prevented?.

Diekstra, Rene F. W.

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ERIC Number: EJ339821

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Significance of Nico Speijer's Suicide: How and When Should Suicide Be Prevented?

Diekstra, Rene F. W.

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v16 n1 p13-15 Spr 1986

Recounts the suicide of Nico Speijer, the "grand old man" of suicidology in the Netherlands. Contends that his case is related to ethical issues in suicide prevention. Offers a set of criteria by which to decide when suicide should not necessarily be prevented, nor its helpers punished by law. (Author/ABB)

Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Court Litigation, Criteria, Decision Making, Ethical Instruction, Legal Responsibility, Prevention, Suicide

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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