Ethical and Legal Problems in Connection With Suicide Prevention (IN: Preventive Strategies on Suicide, ed. by R F W Diekstra, W Gulbinat, et al)

The author of this article argues that suicide itself can be discussed in terms of morality. He endeavors to show that the morality of suicide prevention & moral ideas about suicide overlap, because ideas about what is morally permissible determine to a large extent the structure & strategy of prevention. (19 refs)