Young people's gendered interpretations of suicide and attempted suicide

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 248-257

  Scourfield, Jonathan ^a   Jacob, Nina ^a   Smalley, Nina ^b   Prior, Lindsay ^b   Greenland, Katy ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Focus groups; Gender; Suicide; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547279666     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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