PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patterson, W. M.
TI  - The hard way out
DP  - 1979 Oct 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 616--617
VI  - 29
IP  - 207
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/29/207/616.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/29/207/616.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1979 Oct 01; 29
AB  - 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.