Abstract
Physician Mortality and Suicide: Results and Implications of the AMA-APA Pilot Study
AMA Council on Scientific Affairs
The purposes of this project were: 1) to study in depth physician and medical student suicide in order to enhance its prevention through improved detection and imporved training of physicians; 2) to determine current causes of physician mortality in general and to compare the results with earlier studies of physicians and other groups. Recommendations are presented based on the findings. (8 refs)