Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , January 2010

Firearm-assisted suicide: Legislative, policing and clinical concerns

  • Kiran Sarma, BA PhD (Lecturer in Psychology)

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: School of Psychology, 2nd Floor, Woodquay Court, Woodquay, Galway, Ireland. Tel.: +35 3 876667602.
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  • Diarmuid Griffin, BCL LLM (Lecturer in Law)

      Affiliations

    • School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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  • Susanna Kola, BA (PhD Canditate)

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Received 5 February 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.009

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 33-37 , January 2010

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