Media reporting of suicide methods: An australian perspective

Crisis

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Blood, R Warwick ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^b   Holland, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copycat; Media; Method; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548574749     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.28.S1.64     Document Type: Article

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