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Suicide: Right or Wrong?

Book by John Donnelly; Prometheus Books, 1998

Subjects:

Suicide--Moral And Ethical Aspects

Collections: Philosophy, Psychology, Entire Library

Is suicide ever rationally or morally justified? A host of suicide related matters are explored in this timely collection of essays that clarifies the battlelines of public debate surrounding this intense and painful topic. This classic volume has been updated and expanded with ten new selections ...
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Is suicide ever rationally or morally justified? A host of suicide related matters are explored in this timely collection of essays that clarifies the battlelines of public debate surrounding this intense and painful topic. This classic volume has been updated and expanded with ten new selections, making it one of the most complete works available on the subject.
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Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia

Book by Irina Paperno; Cornell University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor--1821-1881--Criticism And Interpretation, Russia--Civilization--1801-1917, Suicide In Literature, Suicide--Russia--History--19th Century, Suicide--Social Aspects

Collections: Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevskys Russia Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevskys Russia IRINA...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paperno, Irina. Suicide as a cultural institution in Dostoevskys Russia / Irina...
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Durkheim's Suicide: A Century of Research and Debate

Book by W. S.F. Pickering, Geoffrey Walford; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Suicide

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897 is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the ...
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Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897 is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as the use of statistics, explanation of suicide, anomie and religion and the morality of suicide. This book will be of vital interest to any serious scholar of Durkheim's thought and to the sociologist looking for a fresh methodological perspective.
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Black Suicide

Book by Herbert Hendin; Basic Books, 1969

Subjects:

African Americans--Psychology, African Americans--Social Conditions, Suicide--New York (State)--New York

Collections: History, Psychology, Entire Library

Black Suicide Also by Herbert Hendin SUICIDE AND SCANDINAVIA PSYCHOANALYSIS AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Black Suicide HERBERT HENDIN Basic Books , Inc. , Publishers NEW YORK LONDON 1969 by Basic Books, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog Card...
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Clues to Suicide

Book by Edwin S. Shneidman, Norman L. Farberow; McGraw-Hill, 1957

Subjects:

Suicide

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Clues to Suicide Edited by EDWIN S. SHNEIDMAN, Ph...New York Toronto London 1957 CLUES TO SUICIDE Copyright 1957 by the McGraw-Hill...the rest of us. Few people realize that suicide is more frequent than murder and more...

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What Does It Mean to Say That Aboriginal Suicide Is Different? Differing Cultures, Accounts, and Idioms of Distress in the Context of Indigenous Youth Suicide

Journal article by Joseph P. Reser; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2004, 2004

Subjects:

Aboriginal Australians--Death of, Aboriginal Australians--Health aspects, Aboriginal Australians--Psychological aspects, Australian aborigines--Death of, Australian aborigines--Health aspects, Australian aborigines--Psychological aspects, Suicide--Causes of, Suicide--Demographic aspects, Suicide--Social aspects, Tatz, Colin--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...What Does It Mean to Say That Aboriginal Suicide Is Different? Differing Cultures, Accounts...Distress in the Context of Indigenous Youth Suicide. by Joseph P. Reser Abstract...ostensibly "different perspective on indigenous suicide. There are multiple problems with the...
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Adolescent Suicide Prevention: School Psychologists' Acceptability of School-Based Programs

Journal article by Tanya L. Eckert, David N. Miller, George J. Dupaul, T. Christopher Riley-Tillman; School Psychology Review, Vol. 32, 2003

Subjects:

School psychologists--Standards, School psychologists--Surveys, Suicidal behavior--Care and treatment, Suicide--Prevention

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Adolescent suicide prevention: school psychologists acceptability...programs for the prevention of adolescent suicide were examined. A total of 211 (46.2...particular prevention program and completed the Suicide Prevention Program Rating Profile (SPPRP...
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Suicide Behaviour in a Clinical Sample of Children and Adolescents in New Zealand

Journal article by Sarah Fortune, Fred Seymour, Ian Lambie; New Zealand Journal of Psychology, Vol. 34, 2005

Subjects:

Risk factors (Health)--Analysis, Suicidal behavior--Analysis, Suicide--Risk factors, Teenagers--Psychological aspects, Youth--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide Behaviour in a Clinical Sample of Children and Adolescents...Ian Lambie Treating young people at high risk for suicide has been identified as a priority area for development...services. This study aimed to establish the prevalence of suicide ideation and suicidal behaviour in a child and adolescent...
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Permitted Suicide: Model Rules for Mental Health Counseling

Journal article by Elliot D. Cohen; Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Vol. 23, 2001

Subjects:

Psychiatric counseling--Practice, Suicide--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Permitted suicide: model rules for mental health counseling...lives. This paper makes a case for permitting suicide in these special circumstances. Starting with an analysis of permitted suicide, the legal background for applying this concept...
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Suicide and Gender: Reading Suicide through Butler's Notion of Performativity (1)

Journal article by Katrina Jaworski; Journal of Australian Studies, 2003

Subjects:

Australia--Social aspects, Australians--Social aspects, Suicide--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Suicide and gender: reading suicide through Butlers notion of performativity (1). by Katrina Jaworski Introduction Suicide is an issue of immense public concern, as well as private torment...

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Suicide on My Mind, Britannica on My Table

Magazine article by Edwin Shneidman; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Autumn 1998

Subjects:

Encyclopaedia Britannica (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Learning and scholarship--Personal narratives, Learning--Personal narratives, Scholarship (Research)--Personal narratives, Suicide--Research

Collections: Entire Library

Suicide on My Mind, Britannica on My Table. by EDWIN SHNEIDMAN...for many years--rest piles of photocopies of articles on suicide, all of which were printed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica...two young widows whose husbands had recently committed suicide while they were hospital patients. My intention was to...
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Suicide Prevention in a Large State Department of Corrections

Magazine article by Lance Couturier; Corrections Today, Vol. 63, August 2001

Subjects:

Correctional institutions--Management, Criminal statistics--Statistics, Suicide--Prevention, Suicide--Statistics

Collections: Entire Library

Suicide Prevention In a Large State Department of Corrections by Lance Couturier We face a global suicide epidemic: Worldwide, for people between ages 15 and 44, suicide is the second-largest killer of women, alter tuberculosis, and the fourth-largest killer...
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Preventing Suicide in Jails

Magazine article by E. Eugene Kunzman; Corrections Today, Vol. 57, October 1995

Subjects:

Prisoners--Safety and security measures, Suicide--Prevention

Collections: Entire Library

Preventing suicide in jails by E. Eugene Kunzman Outside of jails and prisons, suicide is an inevitable, if unfortunate, fact of life. Lester and Danto note that since 1950 the suicide rate in the general population has remained...
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Practical Suicide Prevention

Magazine article by Gwen A. Levitt; Corrections Today, Vol. 62, December 2000

Subjects:

Correctional institutions--Management, Criminals--Management, Suicide--Prevention

Collections: Entire Library

PRACTICAL SUICIDE PREVENTION by GWEN A. LEVITT Suicide prevention programming is one of the most important...cost-effective means to implement or improve existing suicide prevention programs. Areas such as "suicide-proofing...
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Assisted Suicide Is a Slippery Slope

Magazine article by Edward J. Larson; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, August 29, 1994

Subjects:

Assisted suicide--Moral and ethical aspects, Depression, Mental--Laws, regulations, etc., Elder law, Euthanasia--Laws, regulations, etc., Rothstein, Barbara--Cases, Terminally ill persons--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

Assisted suicide is a slippery slope by Edward J...to receive a doctors help in committing suicide. If upheld, this unprecedented decision...undermine all state laws against assisted suicide and euthanasia. As it stands, it illustrates...

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Suicide Sites Warning

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 11, 2008

Subjects:

Suicide

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide Sites Warning. Byline: Jenny Hope TEENAGERS are just two clicks away from finding help to commit suicideon the internet, warn doctors. Websites promoting suicide are easier and quicker to access than those whichaim to prevent it, according to research...
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Suicide Bombing Popular Terrorist Tactic; after 25 Years, Global Attacks Skyrocketing

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 8, 2006

Subjects:

Suicide bombings, Terrorism

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide Bombing Popular Terrorist Tactic; after 25 Years, Global...WASHINGTON TIMES A quarter century into the modern age of suicide terrorism, specialists say the grim tactic is being used...latest annual report on global terrorism, said a surge in suicide attacks at sites ranging from the London subway to the...
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'Suicide Rates among Men in Wales Currently the Highest among the Four UK Nations' Suicide of Females Aged 15-24 Very Rare, Say Health Officials

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 20, 2008

Subjects:

Suicide

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide Rates among Men in Wales Currently the Highest among the Four UK Nations Suicide of Females Aged 15-24 Very Rare, Say Health Officials...Byline: Martin Shipton Chief Reporter THE recent spate of suicides in Bridgend greatly exceeds the levels reported for young...
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Suicide and Dying; What Would Jihadists Do?

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 23, 2007

Subjects:

Suicide

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide and Dying; What Would Jihadists Do? Byline: Louis Rene...repellent cry is, today, the rallying call of jihadist "suicide" terrorists. Again and again, rising as a lurid and dreadful...American and allied forces in every theater of conflict with "suicide" tactics. But why do we put the word "suicide" in quotation...
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Suicide

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2007

Subjects:

Suicide

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Suicide. Byline: Dr. Brix Pujalte aIts a crazy planets.a -- Stella Strada (1965-1984) Philippine starlet suicide note, December 1984. SUICIDE has a way of people remembering you forever. For Stella Strada, star of "Puri" and "Kirot," its also the...

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Suicide

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

SUICIDE Lat.,=self-killing, the deliberate taking of ones own life. Suicide may be compulsory, prescribed by custom or enjoined by...condemned by religious and civil authorities. Compulsory suicide may be performed out of loyalty to a dead master or spouse...
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Assisted Suicide

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

ASSISTED SUICIDE see euthanasia . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Hara-Kiri

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...belly-cutting, the traditional Japanese form of honorable suicide, also known by its Chinese equivalent, seppuku. It was practiced...rightist political leader. See bushido , kamikaze , suicide . For detailed accounts of hara-kiri, see A. B. F. Redesdale...
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Dazai, Osamu

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ironic and gloomy wit, his obsession with suicide, and his brilliant fantasy. In the 1930s...Gyofukuki (1933), is a grim fantasy involving suicide. His stories, published as Bannen declining...autobiographical matter. Dazai committed suicide while working on a novel entitled Good-bye...
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Hemmer, Jarl Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1944, Finnish author who wrote in Swedish. Inwardly troubled, he experienced several religious crises and finally committed suicide. His poems, e.g., Realm of the Rye (1922, tr. 1938), show a fresh, lyrical love of nature. He is best known for A Fool of...

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