Abstract:We read with great interest the paper published by Satoh et al. on double suicides in Japan in the postwar period, 1 comparing their findings with those of contemporary Japan. 2 The authors addressed a phenomenon of great forensic interest by placing it in the context of a geographic reality in which the number of suicide pacts has been high since ancient times. We have also been dealing with this topic for some years. 3 We agree that, although suicide pacts were more common in Asia than in the West, this diff… Show more
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