%0 Journal Article
%T Cancer and suicide
%J General hospital psychiatry
%D 1979
%A Forman, B. F.
%V 1
%N 2
%P 108-114
%X Issues of suicidal ideation, life-threatening behavior, and vulnerability in cancer patients are addressed. A review of pertinent literature is presented, including the areas of: suicide as a taboo topic; incidence of suicide in cancer patients; identifying patients' suicide potential; and suicide as coping behavior. Case examples are offered that illustrate psychiatric intervention with and psychodynamics of cancer patients demonstrating suicidal tendencies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0163-8343
%U http://dx.doi.org/