Documents

The World Health Organization issued a resource guide for responsible reporting to minimize the risks of suicide contagions, which is a great reminder for the media coverage in the assisted suicide debates:

• avoid language which sensationalizes or normalizes suicide, or presents it as a solution to problems
• avoid prominent placement and undue repetition of stories about suicide
• avoid providing detailed information about the site of a completed or attempted suicide
• word headlines carefully
• exercise caution in using photographs or video footage, take particular care in reporting celebrity suicides, provide information about where to seek help