title: Para-suicide: a cause for nursing concern.
abstract: The government has recently highlighted the tragedy of lives lost through suicide, aiming to reduce this loss by positive intervention (1). This article examines societal and nursing attitudes towards those who commit suicide or para-suicide. It calls on nurses to recognise their own ambivalent feelings and argues for government intervention to eradicate many of the social factors leading to suicide.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D009729:Nursing; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention