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Suicide
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I know that in countries like Canada it's not possible to commit suicide because it's not a crime to do so (ie if it's not a crime you can't 'commit' it). Therefore the only alternative is to say someone killed herself.
If you're in England perhaps there is a trend towards the latter wording because it's thought of as insensitive to describe the death as a crime although, unfortunately, in your case, it was interpreted as judgmental.
suprised that suicide isnt used on the certificate as that is what a autopsy would have said and a court if it went that far so why not have that on a certificate, as end of the day that is what happened, commited is a strong word, suicide on its own i feel would be informative and a simple term to attribute,
I am so very sorry for your loss
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It does sound very harsh jacey. Surely, the correct term would be "Suicide" and leave it at that. Sorry that you lost your Mum in such sad circumstances.
Submitted By: tetherend Date Submitted: Sat 21/05/05
i agree - it sounds very insensitive to me, and obviously affected you deeply
Submitted By: crisgal Date Submitted: Sun 22/05/05
Jacey i believe the correct wording should have been suicide however the same thing happened to my Cousins best friend.He killed himself & on his death certificate it said "He killed himself".
Submitted By: gerry Date Submitted: Sun 22/05/05
This suggests to me that it is actually the "correct" official wording, probably from some 200 year old registrar;'s list.
Please don't take it personally.
Submitted By: ann_h Date Submitted: Sun 22/05/05
(jacey requested a copy of my answer from another section)
I know that in countries like Canada it's not possible to commit suicide because it's not a crime to do so (ie it's ;it's not a crime you can't 'commit' it). Therefore the only alternative is to say someone killed herself.
If you're in England perhaps there is a trend towards the latter wording because it's thought of as insensitive to describe the death as a crime although, unfortunately, in your case, it was interpreted as judgmental.
Submitted By: Aschenbach Date Submitted: Mon 23/05/05