Open AccessMalignant diseases as suicidal motives
Author(s) -
Ljiljana Bogdanović,
Slobodan Savić,
Gordana Basta-Jovanović
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0712659b
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , incidence (geometry) , malignant disease , psychiatry , autopsy , disease , cancer , physics , optics
Suicide is a conscious and intentional destruction of one's own life, which occurs as a result of mutual influence of a person's disposition and motives (facts inspiring the commitment of suicide). It is well known that various diseases, including malignancies, could be important and in some cases the only motive for committing suicide.