NANCY J. OSGOOD is Associate Professor in the Department of Gerontology and Sociology at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also co-author of The Science and Practice of Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Guide (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Suicide and the Elderly (Greenwood, 1986).BARBARA A. BRANT is an Instructor in Undergraduate and Graduate Gerontologic Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is an authority on elderly suicide and has presented many papers at major conferences on the subject. She has also written articles that have appeared in New Age for Seniors, the Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, and The GNP Newsletter.AARON LIPMAN is a Professor at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. His previous works include Suicide and Depression in Nursing Homes, co-authored with Nancy J. Osgood and Barbara Brant.

• Introduction Institutional Settings: The Long-Term Care Connection Environmental Perspectives and Social Ecology A Scientific Study of Suicide in Institutions Environmental Profiles Profiles of "At Risk" Individuals Late Life Depression Treating Late Life Depression Institutional Changes and Prevention of Elderly Suicide Suicide and Euthanasia: Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues References Index

NANCY J. OSGOOD is Associate Professor in the Department of Gerontology and Sociology at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also co-author of The Science and Practice of Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Guide (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Suicide and the Elderly (Greenwood, 1986).BARBARA A. BRANT is an Instructor in Undergraduate and Graduate Gerontologic Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is an authority on elderly suicide and has presented many papers at major conferences on the subject. She has also written articles that have appeared in New Age for Seniors, the Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, and The GNP Newsletter.AARON LIPMAN is a Professor at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. His previous works include Suicide and Depression in Nursing Homes, co-authored with Nancy J. Osgood and Barbara Brant.

• Introduction Institutional Settings: The Long-Term Care Connection Environmental Perspectives and Social Ecology A Scientific Study of Suicide in Institutions Environmental Profiles Profiles of "At Risk" Individuals Late Life Depression Treating Late Life Depression Institutional Changes and Prevention of Elderly Suicide Suicide and Euthanasia: Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues References Index

NANCY J. OSGOOD is Associate Professor in the Department of Gerontology and Sociology at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also co-author of The Science and Practice of Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Guide (Greenwood Press, 1989) and Suicide and the Elderly (Greenwood, 1986).BARBARA A. BRANT is an Instructor in Undergraduate and Graduate Gerontologic Nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is an authority on elderly suicide and has presented many papers at major conferences on the subject. She has also written articles that have appeared in New Age for Seniors, the Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, and The GNP Newsletter.AARON LIPMAN is a Professor at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. His previous works include Suicide and Depression in Nursing Homes, co-authored with Nancy J. Osgood and Barbara Brant.

• Introduction Institutional Settings: The Long-Term Care Connection Environmental Perspectives and Social Ecology A Scientific Study of Suicide in Institutions Environmental Profiles Profiles of "At Risk" Individuals Late Life Depression Treating Late Life Depression Institutional Changes and Prevention of Elderly Suicide Suicide and Euthanasia: Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues References Index