Abstract

RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, Clarivel; GONZALEZ CUETARA, José Manuel  and  IZQUIERDO RODRIGUEZ, Claudia. Suicide by piercing-cutting wound to the abdomen. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.3, pp. 781-789.  Epub Sep 01, 2022. ISSN 1029-3043.

ABSTRACT

Suicide is a human problem that has existed since the very origin of man, it has happened at all times, and has affected both genders and different social classes; its characteristics vary according to culture and socio-economic structure. The use of edged weapons as a suicide method is relatively uncommon in the medical-legal field, that is why this type of case is poorly studied, because sometimes poses various difficulties when differentiating it from wounds produced in a homicidal manner. We present an individual who died after self-inflicted piercing-cutting abdominal stab wounds, which constitutes an uncommon method of suicide in the Cuban context.

Keywords : suicide; wounds, penetrating.

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