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Asphyxial Suicide with Helium and a Plastic Bag

 

作者: Russel Ogden,   Rae Wooten,  

 

期刊: The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology  (OVID Available online 2002)
卷期: Volume 23, issue 3  

页码: 234-237

 

ISSN:0195-7910

 

年代: 2002

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Assisted suicide;euthanasia;helium inhalation;plastic bag asphyxia;right to die;suicide

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Suicide by helium inhalation inside a plastic bag has recently been publicized by right-to-die proponents in “how to” print and videotape materials. This article reports a suicide performed according to this new and highly lethal technique, which is also a potentially undetectable cause of death. Toxicology information could not determine helium inhalation, and drug screening did not reveal data of significance. The cause of death could be determined only by the physical evidence at the scene of death. Helium inhalation can easily be concealed when interested parties remove or alter evidence. To ensure that their deaths are not documented as suicide, some individuals considering assisted suicide may choose helium methods and assistance from helpers. Recent challenges to Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law may increase interest in helium instead of barbiturates for assisted suicide.

 

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