The Medical Practitioner (IN: Suicide Theory and Clinical Aspects, ed. by L D Hankoff and B Einsidler)

This chapter focuses on the medical practitioner & suicide. The author discusses the doctor’s responsibility to assess the suicidal patient or refer him to a psychiatrist, who is responsible for this high risk group & how to decide if a patient is a part of this group, & management of a suicidal patients in out-patient & in hospital confinement situations (CM)