to think it wasn't fair for them to release the information about the nurses death to the public?

[MyLittleAprilSunshine]

As in, how she committed suicide. Surely it's traumatic enough for the family as it is without having people knowing what happened and that she wrote letters etc.

I know it's a public interest story, but is it really anything to do with us?

Inquests are open to the public and can be reported.

The Government tried to bring in secret Inquests recently, and were roundly and rightly criticised for it.

No, I can't see why anyone other than her family need to know those details. Every aspect of this whole thing seems to show the media at its worst.

Inquests are courts of law and as such are a matter of public record.

I understand that, but it also isn't fair on the family either. I mean they had to go through something traumatic and now everyone else knowing what happened to their wife/mum would be horrible.

Lots of deaths are traumatic tho... You can't choose some to have a public inquest and some not... Or some to be reported on or some not

And it's never fair on anyone's family.... It's the way it works tho

The information is legally public. But that doesn't mean it's in good taste to make a news story out of it. Just because you can say something, doesn't mean you should.

It's an inquest. This is how they work.

That's a question of whether and how the media choose to report though; not whether the Inquests should be in the public domain.

Why, everyone elses are. Why is this any different? There's stuff on the news everyday - why haven't you ever made a topic about those?

The Samaritans recommend in their media guidelines that the method of suicide not be reported. They have properly researched evidence that reporting the method used in successful suicides results in an uptick in attempts in the immediate period following the reports.

Information revealed at an inquest is rightly a matter of public record and the inquest itself is a public event. Anyone who wanted to know the details would be able to discover them without much effort. Therefore is it necessary for the media to report the details?

I don't suppose it was very pleasant for JFK's family to have videos of his brain being blown out the back of his skull in the public domain and endlessly recycled in the news, documentaries and films ever since. Can't remember ever having heard an argument for suppression of that tape.