The impact of media coverage of the suicide of a well-known Quebec reporter: The case of Gaëtan Girouard

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1919-1926

  Tousignant, Michel ^a   Mishara, Brian L ^a   Caillaud, Aline ^a   Fortin, Veronique ^a   St Laurent, Danielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Contagion; Media; Suicide

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORONER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REPORTER GENE; ROLE PLAYING; SUICIDE; THEORY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644401150     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.054     Document Type: Article

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