Lewis B. Aiken, Dying, Death, and Bereavement. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1985. A scholarly book by a university professor of psychology.

A. Alvarez, The Savage God: A Study in Suicide. New York: Bantam Books, 1973. A classic study of suicide by a British author who nearly committed suicide himself.

Katrine Ames, "Last Rights," Newsweek, August 26, 1991. George Howe Colt, The Enigma of Suicide. New York: Summit/Simon & Schuster, 1991. A comprehensive look at all aspects of suicide by a distinguished journalist whose excellent writing illuminates this serious topic.

Anthony DeCurtis, "Kurt Cobain 1967–1994," Rolling Stone, June 2, 1994.

Norman K. Denzin, "The Suicide Machine," Society, August 1992.

Anne Fadiman, "Death News," Harper's, April 1994. Stephen A. Flanders, Suicide. New York: Facts On File, 1991. A bare-bones but valuable compilation of facts and figures.

David W. Garrow, "The Justices' Life-or-Death Choice," The New York Times, April 7, 1996.

Nancy Gibbs, "Love and Let Die," Time, March 19, 1990.——&mdash...