title: Cult suicide and physician-assisted suicide.
abstract: A greater proportion of Dr. Kevorkian's physician-assisted suicides and the Heaven's Gate cult suicides appear to be women than the general population of suicides.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012925:Social Conformity; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology