[Medical responsibility in cases of suicide in hospitals]

The author considers the problem of medical responsibility in case of suicide at the hospital, his study being limited to the psychiatric hospital which is the field of his practice. The notion of medical responsibility is dealt in connection with the functioning of medical units as well as with regards to the medical or care action which are practised therein. The author's conclusions deal with the psychological motivations of the plaintiffs, insisting as well on the reasons due to the very evolution of psychiatry as on the motives due to the evolution of families' mentality.