Religious beliefs along the suicidal path in northern Taiwan

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-269

  Fang, Chun Kai ^a   Lu, Hsin Chin ^a   Liu, Shen Ing ^a   Sun, Yi Wen ^a  

^a Mackay Memorial Medical Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BUDDHISM; CATHOLICISM; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961229156     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.63.3.d     Document Type: Review

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