Fań: An idiom of distress among suicidal patients in Taiwan

Family and Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-83

  Tzeng, Wen Chii ^a,c   Lipson, Juliene G ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Suicide attempt; Taiwan; Verbal behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845365828     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200701000-00009     Document Type: Article

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