Suicide: Medical Aspect

Medical Aspect of Chest Injuries

(1) That the apex of the lung extends about one and a half inches above the middle third of the clavicle and hence may be involved in a wound of the neck, producing all the complications of a chest wound such as emphysema, pneumothorax and hajmothoraX(2) That the lower border of the lungs lies about two fingers' breadth above the pleural reflection(3) That the main fissure of each lung is repre...

Workmen's Compensation: Its Medical Aspect

The compensation of workmen for ' accident' during the course or as a result of occupation is thirty-six years old in England. Like many other enactments of this nature, its apparent initial simplicity is a delusion, and some of the legal, medico-legal, and medical aspects are vague and indeterminate. The words 'by accident' occur in various sections of the Act, but are nowhere defined. It requ...

Suicide; implications for the general medical man.

The medical ethics of physician-assisted suicide.

Absolute prohibitions of physician assistance in suicide have long been canonical in medical ethics, but a powerful reformation of views on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is now underway in several countries. The law on physician-assisted suicide in the state of Oregon, social approval of euthanasia in the Netherlands, and the (in principle) legality of active euthanasia in Japan are...

Medical students’ attitude toward suicide attempters

BACKGROUND Majority of health professionals have unfavorable attitudes toward the patients presenting with self-harm, which further compromises their therapeutic endeavors and outcomes. OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to assess the medical students' attitudes toward suicide attempters. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care medical institute of Haryan...