Media representation of gender patterns of suicide in Taiwan

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 144-150

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a,b   Yip, Paul S F ^c   Tsai, Chi Wei ^a,d   Fan, Hsiang Fang ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Charcoal burning; Gender; Homicide suicide; Media; Suicide method; Suicide pact; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84866509135     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000118     Document Type: Article

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