A last defence: The negotiation of blame within suicide notes

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-240

  McClelland, L ^a   Reicher, S ^b   Booth, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame; Discourse analysis; Suicide notes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178411     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1298(200005/06)10:3<225::AID-CASP573>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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