A moral life after a suicide death in Taiwan

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 999-1007

  Tzeng, Wen Chii ^a   Su, Pi Yu ^b   Tzeng, Nian Sheng ^c   Yeh, Chin Bin ^c   Chen, Tsai Hwei ^c   Chen, Chih Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Armed Forces Pei Tou Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese culture; Coping and adaptation; Ethnography; Focused; Grief; Stigma; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MORALS; STEREOTYPING; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953799935     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310365503     Document Type: Article

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