title: A proposal for a nomenclature for suicide.
abstract: A classification scheme for completed suicide is proposed based on the classification of first, second, and third degree murder and voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, USA. lesterd@stockton.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D009042:Motivation; D013405:Suicide / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D009626:Terminology as Topic