Determination of suicide in South Africa: Medical practitioner perspectives

Burrows S.; Laflamme L.

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dc.contributor.author	Burrows S.	en
dc.contributor.author	Laflamme L.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-01T16:31:28Z
dc.date.available	2012-11-01T16:31:28Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.citation	Archives of Suicide Research	en
dc.identifier.citation	11	en
dc.identifier.citation	3	en
dc.identifier.issn	13811118	en
dc.identifier.other	10.1080/13811110701403981	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7279
dc.description.abstract	Decisional processes underlying the determination of a suicide in the largest injury surveillance system currently available in South Africa are assessed through face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 32 medical practitioners involved in the system. Focus is placed on their current work circumstances and practices, and views of operational and empirical criteria proposed by US experts. Common themes and discrepancies in opinions emerged regarding the quality of the data currently available for suicide determinations, and regarding the importance and difficulty in assessing the US-developed criteria in South Africa. A truly standard approach is unlikely without considerable changes to the medico-legal system.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Medico-legal investigation; Suicide; Surveillance article; attitude; decision making; ethnology; health care personnel; human; legal aspect; questionnaire; South Africa; statistics; suicide; Attitude; Health Personnel; Humans; Judgment; Questionnaires; South Africa; Suicide	en
dc.title	Determination of suicide in South Africa: Medical practitioner perspectives	en
dc.type	Article	en