Table 1.

Summary results for case series of suicide attempts leading to hospice admission

Sex:	6 male
	2 female
Age:	45.9 years
Time course:	mean (range)
Suicide attempt to hospice admission	55 days (7 – 221 days)
Extubation to hospice admission	1 day (−2 – 2 days)
Hospice admission to death	7 days (0 – 13 days)
Method of suicide:	5 drug overdose
	1 jump from height
	1 hanging
	1 hit by car
Medical complications:	7 anoxic brain injury
	1 stroke
Medical interventions:	7 mechanical ventilation
	5 artificial nutrition
Mental illness:	6 prior psychiatric diagnosis
	2 not documented
Prior suicide attempt	5 yes
	1 no
	2 not documented
Family involvement:	7 yes
	1 no family
Bereavement:	4