Isumagijaksaq: Mindful of the state: Social constructions of Inuit suicide

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2625-2636

  Tester, Frank James ^a   McNicoll, Paule ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Colonialism; Inuit suicide; Narrative research; Self esteem; Social construction

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESKIMO; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELATIVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842816601     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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