Suicide Intervention: The Existential and Biomedical Perspectives (IN: Suicide: Understanding and Responding: Harvard Medical School Perspectives, ed. by D Jacobs and H N Brown)

Discusses existential & biomedical views of suicide & presents ethical & empathetic dilemmas arising from both perspectives. Addresses questions such as “Is life worthwhile or not?”; “Does the individual never or always know what he or she wants?”; & “Is length or quality of life more important?” 61 refs. (LH).