Werth J L
University of Arkansas, Counseling and Psychological Services, Fayetteville 72701, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1996 Fall;26(3):292-9.
Shneidman's (1985) commonly reproduced "Ten Commonalities of Suicide" cannot accommodate rational suicide, as the concept has been defined in recent literature, and therefore are not "commonalities" of all suicides. Quotes from Shneidman describing the "commonalities" are provided and selected items are briefly examined in light of one set of criteria for rational suicide. It is suggested that Shneidman's list, which is inherently biased against allowing for the possibility of rational suicide, be renamed so that its contents will not continue to be inappropriately used as evidence that suicide cannot be rational.
施奈德曼（1985年）经常被转载的“自杀的十大共性”无法涵盖理性自杀，因为近期文献中对这一概念已有定义，所以这些并非所有自杀行为的“共性”。文中给出了施奈德曼描述这些“共性”的引文，并根据一套理性自杀的标准对部分条目进行了简要审视。有人认为，施奈德曼的这份清单本质上存在偏见，不认可理性自杀的可能性，建议对其重新命名，以免其内容继续被不当用作自杀不可能是理性行为的证据。
