Suicide and the media: Pitfalls and prevention. Report on a meeting organized by the Reuters Foundation Program at Green College and University of Oxford Centre for Suicide Research at Green College, Oxford, UK, November 18, 2003

Crisis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-47

  Crane, Catherine ^a,c,d   Hawton, Keith ^a   Simkin, Sue ^a   Coulter, Paddy ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Suicide Research   (Denmark)

^e Broadcasting Support Services (BSS)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS POISONING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; ATTITUDE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE; ENGLAND; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIA; RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

EID: 15744365234     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.26.1.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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