TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Suicide and public policy: a critique of the "new consensus"
JO  - Journal of bioethics
A1  - Sherlock, Richard
SP  - 58
EP  - 70
VL  - 4
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Several writers have recently developed proposals calling for a public policy that would allow a number of individuals to commit suicide if they so choose. Suicide, it is argued, is a fundamental matter of personal liberty and as such only very minimal restrictions should be placed on it. In this essay I offer a critique of these views and the public policies they entail. The result is a defense of the general outlines of current professional and legal policies which permit intervention, even coercive intervention, with suicidal persons in almost every case.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0278-9523
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -