Making sense of suicide: A discourse analysis of young people's talk about suicidal subjecthood

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2089-2097

  Roen, Katrina ^a   Scourfield, Jonathan ^b   McDermott, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Suicidal subjects; UK; Youth suicide

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56349145201     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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