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Homicide and Legal Intervention

MedGen UID:
822420
•Concept ID:
C3829672
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Finding

Definition

Causes of death attributable to homicide or resulting from legal police intervention. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHomicide and Legal Intervention

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Perspectives on the eligibility criteria for euthanasia for mental suffering caused by psychiatric disorder under the Belgian Euthanasia Law: A qualitative interview study among mental healthcare workers.
Verhofstadt M, Van Assche K, Pardon K, Gleydura M, Titeca K, Chambaere K
Int J Law Psychiatry 2024 Mar-Apr;93:101961. Epub 2024 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101961. PMID: 38330512
Psychosocial determinants of physicians' intention to practice euthanasia in palliative care.
Lavoie M, Godin G, Vézina-Im LA, Blondeau D, Martineau I, Roy L
BMC Med Ethics 2015 Jan 22;16:6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-16-6. PMID: 25609036Free PMC Article
Attitudes of terminally ill cancer patients about euthanasia and assisted suicide: predominance of psychosocial determinants and beliefs over symptom distress and subsequent survival.
Suarez-Almazor ME, Newman C, Hanson J, Bruera E
J Clin Oncol 2002 Apr 15;20(8):2134-41. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2002.08.025. PMID: 11956275

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Mortality and Cause of Death Among Youths Previously Incarcerated in the Juvenile Legal System.
Ruch DA, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Boch SJ, Quinn CR, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fontanella CA
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2140352. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40352. PMID: 34940865Free PMC Article
Psychosis and homicide.
Taylor PJ, Kalebic N
Curr Opin Psychiatry 2018 May;31(3):223-230. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000411. PMID: 29537982
Psychiatric Emergencies.
Wheat S, Dschida D, Talen MR
Prim Care 2016 Jun;43(2):341-54. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2016.01.009. PMID: 27262012
Suicide and Murder-Suicide Involving Aircraft.
Kenedi C, Friedman SH, Watson D, Preitner C
Aerosp Med Hum Perform 2016 Apr;87(4):388-96. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.4474.2016. PMID: 27026123
Public health and international drug policy.
Csete J, Kamarulzaman A, Kazatchkine M, Altice F, Balicki M, Buxton J, Cepeda J, Comfort M, Goosby E, Goulão J, Hart C, Kerr T, Lajous AM, Lewis S, Martin N, Mejía D, Camacho A, Mathieson D, Obot I, Ogunrombi A, Sherman S, Stone J, Vallath N, Vickerman P, Zábranský T, Beyrer C
Lancet 2016 Apr 2;387(10026):1427-1480. Epub 2016 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00619-X. PMID: 27021149Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Precipitating Circumstances Associated With Intimate Partner Problem-Related Suicides.
Stanley AR, Aguilar T, Holland KM, Orpinas P
Am J Prev Med 2023 Sep;65(3):385-394. Epub 2023 Mar 16 doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.03.011. PMID: 36933753
EUTHANASIA IN THE DIGITAL AGE: MEDICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.
Razmetaeva Y, Sydorenko O
Georgian Med News 2020 Jan;(298):175-180. PMID: 32141874
Criminological and Medico-legal Aspects in Homicidal and Suicidal Sharp Force Fatalities.
Terranova C, Doro L, Zancaner S, Zampini T, Mazzarolo C, Bonvicini B, Viero A, Montisci M
J Forensic Sci 2020 Jul;65(4):1184-1190. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14285. PMID: 32004388
Psychiatric Emergencies.
Wheat S, Dschida D, Talen MR
Prim Care 2016 Jun;43(2):341-54. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2016.01.009. PMID: 27262012
Early dementia diagnosis and the risk of suicide and euthanasia.
Draper B, Peisah C, Snowdon J, Brodaty H
Alzheimers Dement 2010 Jan;6(1):75-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.1229. PMID: 20129322

Therapy

Review and inventory of 911 Good Samaritan Law Provisions in the United States.
Reader SW, Walton GH, Linder SH
Int J Drug Policy 2022 Dec;110:103896. Epub 2022 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103896. PMID: 36343430
Perceived vulnerability to overdose-related arrests among people who use drugs in Maryland.
Rouhani S, Schneider KE, Rao A, Urquhart GJ, Morris M, LaSalle L, Sherman SG
Int J Drug Policy 2021 Dec;98:103426. Epub 2021 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103426. PMID: 34461411
Grief After Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide.
Andriessen K, Krysinska K, Castelli Dransart DA, Dargis L, Mishara BL
Crisis 2020 Jul;41(4):255-272. Epub 2019 Oct 28 doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000630. PMID: 31657640
Commonalities and differences in legal euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in three countries: a population-level comparison.
Dierickx S, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Penders Y, Cohen J, van der Heide A, Puhan MA, Ziegler S, Bosshard G, Deliens L, Chambaere K
Int J Public Health 2020 Jan;65(1):65-73. Epub 2019 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00038-019-01281-6. PMID: 31297558
Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide.
Bartos BJ, Kubrin CE, Newark C, McCleary R
Arch Suicide Res 2020 Apr-Jun;24(2):204-217. Epub 2019 Jun 14 doi: 10.1080/13811118.2019.1612803. PMID: 31079575

Prognosis

Sex Differences in Violent Death During Incarceration and Legal Intervention.
Stearns DR, Moore A, Myers QWO, Carmichael H, Velopulos CG
J Surg Res 2023 Sep;289:90-96. Epub 2023 Apr 20 doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.02.024. PMID: 37086601
The epidemiological and medico-legal characteristics of violent deaths and spousal homicides through a population of women autopsied within the Forensic Medicine Department of the University Hospital of Annaba.
Mellouki Y, Sellami L, Saker L, Belkhadja N, Zerairia Y, Kaious F, Mira AH
BMC Womens Health 2023 Mar 25;23(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02287-2. PMID: 36964556Free PMC Article
Intimate Partner Violence-Related Fatalities Among U.S. Youth Aged 0-24 Years, 2014-2018.
Graham LM, Kafka JM, AbiNader MA, Lawler SM, Gover-Chamlou AN, Messing JT, Moracco KE
Am J Prev Med 2022 Apr;62(4):529-537. Epub 2021 Dec 5 doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.09.018. PMID: 34876319
Mortality and Cause of Death Among Youths Previously Incarcerated in the Juvenile Legal System.
Ruch DA, Steelesmith DL, Brock G, Boch SJ, Quinn CR, Bridge JA, Campo JV, Fontanella CA
JAMA Netw Open 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2140352. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40352. PMID: 34940865Free PMC Article
Criminological and Medico-legal Aspects in Homicidal and Suicidal Sharp Force Fatalities.
Terranova C, Doro L, Zancaner S, Zampini T, Mazzarolo C, Bonvicini B, Viero A, Montisci M
J Forensic Sci 2020 Jul;65(4):1184-1190. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14285. PMID: 32004388

Clinical prediction guides

The epidemiological and medico-legal characteristics of violent deaths and spousal homicides through a population of women autopsied within the Forensic Medicine Department of the University Hospital of Annaba.
Mellouki Y, Sellami L, Saker L, Belkhadja N, Zerairia Y, Kaious F, Mira AH
BMC Womens Health 2023 Mar 25;23(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02287-2. PMID: 36964556Free PMC Article
A Comprehensive Analysis of Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Femicide: A Systematic Review.
Garcia-Vergara E, Almeda N, Martín Ríos B, Becerra-Alonso D, Fernández-Navarro F
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jun 15;19(12) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127336. PMID: 35742583Free PMC Article
US medical and surgical society position statements on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: a review.
Barsness JG, Regnier CR, Hook CC, Mueller PS
BMC Med Ethics 2020 Nov 3;21(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s12910-020-00556-5. PMID: 33143695Free PMC Article
Asphyxia Homicides in Finland, 1983-2012.
Wahlsten P, Eriksson A
J Forensic Sci 2020 Sep;65(5):1548-1556. Epub 2020 Jun 30 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14458. PMID: 32602942
Criminological and Medico-legal Aspects in Homicidal and Suicidal Sharp Force Fatalities.
Terranova C, Doro L, Zancaner S, Zampini T, Mazzarolo C, Bonvicini B, Viero A, Montisci M
J Forensic Sci 2020 Jul;65(4):1184-1190. Epub 2020 Jan 31 doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14285. PMID: 32004388

Recent systematic reviews

The association between social connectedness and euthanasia and assisted suicide and related constructs: systematic review.
Corcoran E, Bird M, Batchelor R, Ahmed N, Nowland R, Pitman A
BMC Public Health 2024 Apr 16;24(1):1057. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18528-4. PMID: 38627694Free PMC Article
A Systematic Review of Stakeholder Perspectives of Dignity and Assisted Dying.
Quah ELY, Chua KZY, Lua JK, Wan DWJ, Chong CS, Lim YX, Krishna L
J Pain Symptom Manage 2023 Feb;65(2):e123-e136. Epub 2022 Oct 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.10.004. PMID: 36244639
Homicide and concealment of the corpse. Autopsy case series and review of the literature.
De Matteis M, Giorgetti A, Viel G, Giraudo C, Terranova C, Lupi A, Fais P, Puggioni A, Cecchetto G, Montisci M
Int J Legal Med 2021 Jan;135(1):193-205. Epub 2020 May 30 doi: 10.1007/s00414-020-02313-0. PMID: 32474664
Suicide and Murder-Suicide Involving Aircraft.
Kenedi C, Friedman SH, Watson D, Preitner C
Aerosp Med Hum Perform 2016 Apr;87(4):388-96. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.4474.2016. PMID: 27026123
Sleep-related violence and sexual behavior in sleep: a systematic review of medical-legal case reports.
Ingravallo F, Poli F, Gilmore EV, Pizza F, Vignatelli L, Schenck CH, Plazzi G
J Clin Sleep Med 2014 Aug 15;10(8):927-35. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3976. PMID: 25126042Free PMC Article

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