Affective Determinants of the Interaction Between Physicians and Suicidal Patients

This investigation of a therapeutic approach toward suicidal patients involved data gathered from physicians by questionnaire in 2 separate samples. One sample involved 100 hospital physicians, the other sample, 116 physicians from surgery, internal medicine, & psychiatry. Tables 1-8 show physicians’ responses to questions about responsibility, prognosis, personality, lethality, & ethical considerations. 7 tables, 33 Ref. (NBB)