TY - JOUR T1 - The hard way out JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 616 LP - 617 VL - 29 IS - 207 AU - W. M. Patterson Y1 - 1979/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/29/207/616.abstract N2 - Much recent discussion and publicity has been directed towards the problem of international self-poisoning as a cry for help, or as a manipulative procedure where patients have ensured that the suicide attempt is discovered in time for counter measures. I describe the successful and carefully planned suicide of a 72-year-old patient with a particular attitude to euthanasia and with no evidence of a depressive illness. ER -