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Suicide in Doctors

Abstract

Completed suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Globally, it accounts for more annual deaths than natural disasters, violence inflicted by others, war, and conflict combined. High occupational completed suicide rates are often linked to factors such as easy access to a method of suicide, social isolation at work, the natural selection of high-risk people to certain occupations, and socioeconomic forces. Physicians and other …

Authors

Couto TCE; Rückl SCZ; Duarte D; Correa H

Book title

Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention

Pagination

pp. 529-550

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.1007/978-3-030-42003-1_29