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Suicide and euthanasia in older adults : a transcultural journey / Diego de Leo, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people--Suicidal behavior--Cross-cultural studies.
- Older people.
- Euthanasia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Euthanasia.
- Suicidal behavior.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : Hogrefe & Huber, [2001]
- Contents:
- Suicide Among the Elderly in the World: Covariation with Psychological and Socio-Economic Factors / David Lester 1
- Suicidal Behavior in Elderly Europeans / Diego De Leo, Unni Bille-Brahe, Ella Arensman, Heidi Hjelmeland, Christian Haring, Keith Hawton, Jouko Lonnqvist, Konrad Michel, Ellinor Salander-Renberg, Armin Schmidtke, Danuta Wasserman 21
- Suicide Among the Elderly in Sweden / Danuta Wasserman, Susanne Ringskog 37
- Suicide Among the Danish Elderly / Unni Bille-Brahe, Karin Andersen 47
- Suicide in Old Age: Swiss Perspectives / Carlos Augusto De Mendonca Lima, Jose Manoel Bertolote, Italo Simeone, Vincent Camus 57
- Elderly Suicide in Slovenia / Onja T. Grad, Ales Kogoj, Joze Trontelj 77
- Elderly People and Suicide in Turkey / Isik Sayil, Cigdem Aydemir 89
- Suicidal Behavior in the Hong Kong Elderly / Paul S.F. Yip, Iris Chi 97
- An Investigation into Resilience and Suicide in Japan's Elderly / Naoki Watanabe 117
- Suicide in Elderly and Youth Populations - How do They Differ? / Kerryn Neulinger, Diego De Leo 137
- Suicide in the Canadian Elderly / Antoon Leenaars 155
- Euthanasia: The Australian Experience / Robert Goldney 172
- Family Factors in the Wish to Hasten Death and Euthanasia / Robyn Leigh, Brian Kelly 181
- Safe, Legal, Rare? Physician-Assisted Suicide and Cultural Change in the Future / Margaret P. Battin 203
- Addendum: The Elderly and their Self-determined Death in The Netherlands: A Brief Update / Willem J. Schudel, Johanna M. Vroom-Jorgerden 214.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0889372519 :
- OCLC:
- 48418408
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