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Citation

Grimaldi L, De Giorgio F, Masullo M, Zoccai GB, Martinotti G, Rainio J. J. Forensic Sci. 2005; 50(4): 913-914.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome. fdegiorgio@tiscalinet.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16078497

Abstract

We report an unusual suicide, committed with a common pencil. A 72-year-old male inflicted himself a penetrating thoracic wound while being hospitalized for a hip prosthesis operation. Although the patient was immediately operated, the cardiac injury appeared to be fatal. Cases of suicidal penetrating wounds of the anterior chest wall are rare and they are mostly inflicted by knives, glass fragments, or other sharp instruments. The potential danger of a pencil should be taken into consideration, especially in psychiatric hospitals and imprisonment facilities. We examined the legislation in Italy and Finland concerning the regulation of privacy in special care institutions.

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