Multiple Choice
Which individual in the emergency department should be considered at highest risk for completing suicide?
A) An adolescent girl with superior athletic and academic skills who has asthma
B) A 38-year-old single female church member with fibrocystic breast disease
C) A 60-year-old married man with twelve grandchildren who has type 2 diabetes
D) A 79-year-old single, White male diagnosed recently with terminal cancer of the prostate
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