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Item Details
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SUICIDE - THE ULTIMATE REJECTION?
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| By: |
Colin Pritchard |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£30.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0335190324 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780335190324 |
| Publisher: |
OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 1995 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Language: |
English, Multiple languages |
| Description: |
Presents an analysis of research on suicide, exploring possible 'causes' and how best to intervene. |
| Synopsis: |
Suicide - The Ultimate Rejection? is an interdisciplinary text based on Colin Pritchard's first-hand experience both as a practising psychiatric social worker and social researcher. It provides an analysis of current research on suicide, exploring possible 'causes' and how best to intervene, and makes the case for a science based practice 'art'. International rates of suicide are examined as the author looks at suicide in a cross-cultural context showing how it is differently understood in different ethnic groups, reflecting various degrees of stigma. He argues for greater recognition of these key differences between cultures and ethnic groups, and shows how important they can be to our understanding and intervention.Suicide - The Ultimate Rejection? explores the concepts of prediction and prevention and asks how the current health and community services might work to reduce the number of suicides in line with the targets set by the government's Health of the Nation. Different approaches to intervention and treatment are considered, with emphasis on those which research has shown to be the most promising. Special attention is given to the families of the victim, and in the final pages a wider view of suicide which includes euthanasia is explored. Using new research, Colin Pritchard examines the practical and moral issues raised by euthanasia.Suicide will be of interest to students of social work, psychiatric nursing, health visiting and medicine, as well as health professionals and counsellors. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Open University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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