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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 471-474 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | British Journal of Psychiatry |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 1976 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
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Barraclough, B., Holding, T., & Fayers, P. (1976). Influence of Coroners' officers and pathologists on suicide verdicts. British Journal of Psychiatry, 128(5), 471-474. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.128.5.471