Death knocks, professional practice, and the public good: The media experience of suicide reporting in New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-248

  Collings, Sunny C ^a   Kemp, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Copycat behavior; Guidelines; Journalists; Media; New Zealand; Suicide; Suicide contagion

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GUIDELINE; HERMENEUTICS; MASS MEDIA; STAKEHOLDER; SUICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NEW ZEALAND; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; SUICIDE;

FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOURNALISM; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEW ZEALAND; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUICIDE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77953686891     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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