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Suicide and euthanasia in older adults : a transcultural journey / Diego de Leo, editor.

Van Pelt Library HV6545 .S83 2001
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
De Leo, Diego, 1951-
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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