Corona-associated suicide - Observations made in the autopsy room

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany.
² Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: http://rechtsmedizin.charite.de.

C Buschmann et al. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep:46:101723.

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101723. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

¹ Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany.
² Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: http://rechtsmedizin.charite.de.

No abstract available

Keywords: Autopsy; COVID-19; Society; Suicide.

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