PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Slovenko, Ralph
TI  - Commentary
DP  - 2005 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 183--187
VI  - 33
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/33/2/183.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/33/2/183.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2005 Jun 01; 33
AB  - Should criminal law principles be applied to life insurance claims made by the beneficiaries of an insured person who commits suicide? Any discussion of the criminal law and the M'Naghten test of criminal responsibility, as sometimes used by the courts and recommended by the authors, obfuscates the resolution of contemporary issues.