[Suicides and forensic pathology sources in Spain].

[Number of suicides in Spain: differences between data from the Spanish Statistical Office and the Institutes of Legal Medicine].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To be able to prevent suicides, The exact magnitude of suicides must be known in order to prevent them. There is evidence that data provided on the number of suicides by the Spanish Statistical Office (Instituto Nacional de Estadística [INE]) differs from that identified by forensic pathologists. This paper aims to determine whether the INE data are to the same as thos...

"A general rule in the post-mortem finding of suicides?" German pathology and forensic medicine and the suicide problem 1900-1945.

An Overview of Hydrogen Sulfide Suicides Based on Police Data in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Suicide by asphyxiation due to helium inhalation.

Suicide by asphyxiation using helium is the most widely-promoted method of "self-deliverance" by right-to-die advocates. However, little is known about persons committing such suicides or the circumstances and manner in which they are completed. Prior reports of suicides by asphyxiation involving helium were reviewed and deaths determined by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examin...

Cat CAT - Scan : Postmortem Imaging and autopsy of two cats

A man killed his wife and their shared household cats before killing himself. The combination of the killing (suicide or homicide) of a family member and the pet is seen on occasions in forensic pathology. The purpose of this case report is to provide a comparison of the killing methods of animals, ill pets and of household animals, also in extended suicides or homicides given the initially out...