Comments | hellonurse06: Friday Five

hellonurse06

Friday Five

Aug 13, 2004 09:37

Comments 4

dutchman04 August 13 2004, 11:26:56 UTC

Where is suicide illegal?

Suicide dutchman04 August 13 2004, 19:10:23 UTC

Suicide was illegal in Canada until 1972. Attempted suicide was a criminal offence. This is no longer the case.

Bob(olink)

Re: Suicide hellonurse06 August 13 2004, 19:17:40 UTC

Oooh ... did not know that.

Re: Suicide dutchman04 August 14 2004, 12:35:04 UTC

I know that here in the States, most jurisdictions will roll a full Code-3 response on "Attempt Suicide" calls. That has always seemed odd to me, but I know that it's all about patient care, which sometimes doesn't necessarily stand to reason.

The act of suicide itself is not illegal in the US.