A Virtual Path to Suicide. Julia Scheeres.
by Scheeres, Julia; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 76Family. Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Actions and defenses | Assisted suicide | Law and ethics | Online chat groups | Right to die | Suicide -- Legal aspects | Suicide victims | Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior | Web sitesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the United States, assisted suicide laws were passed to prevent people from deliberately helping others end their lives by supplying them with a method, such as enough drugs for a fatal overdose, or physically assisting them. Simply informing someone how to kill themselves is another matter." (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article reflects on the suicide death of 19-year-old Suzy Gonzales, a depressed young woman who "logged onto an obscure Internet site to confide her darkest thoughts to strangers...who gave her instructions on how to obtain a lethal dose of potassium cyanide and mix it into a deadly cocktail."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 73 The Hardest Job in the Army. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 74 Casualties. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 75 Out of Death, Three Lives. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 76 A Virtual Path to Suicide. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 76 Strangers Arrange Suicide Pacts Via Web. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 77 Splendor of the Living Dead. | REF SIRS 2004 Family Article 78 Revering the Relics of Disaster. |
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Originally Published: A Virtual Path to Suicide, June 8, 2003; pp. n.p..
"In the United States, assisted suicide laws were passed to prevent people from deliberately helping others end their lives by supplying them with a method, such as enough drugs for a fatal overdose, or physically assisting them. Simply informing someone how to kill themselves is another matter." (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) This article reflects on the suicide death of 19-year-old Suzy Gonzales, a depressed young woman who "logged onto an obscure Internet site to confide her darkest thoughts to strangers...who gave her instructions on how to obtain a lethal dose of potassium cyanide and mix it into a deadly cocktail."
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