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Suicide and the Hospital Service
A Study of Hospital Records of Patients who Subsequently Committed Suicide
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018
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Suicide is obviously in part a medical problem and various writers have suggested that action on the part of doctors might reduce its incidence. In particular, attention has been directed towards recognizing and promptly treating depressive illness and in the management of such illness suicide is regarded as a significant risk.
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