Influence of Coroners' officers and pathologists on suicide verdicts

B. Barraclough; T. Holding; P. Fayers

doi:10.1192/bjp.128.5.471

Influence of Coroners' officers and pathologists on suicide verdicts

B. Barraclough, T. Holding, P. Fayers

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Abstract

Three hundred and thirty cases of unnatural death, leading to 110 open verdicts, 110 verdicts of suicide and 110 of accident, from the Inner West London Coroner's District have been examined to see if particular coroner's officers or pathologists were associated with disporportionate numbers of suicide verdicts. No significant deviations from the expected numbers were found. Coroner's officers probably share common ideas about the features defining suicide, and so do pathologists.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	471-474
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	128
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.128.5.471
Publication status	Published - May 1976

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