Why self-immolation? A qualitative exploration of the motives for attempting suicide by self-immolation

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-327

  Rezaie, Leeba ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Ali ^a   Rassafiani, Mehdi ^a   Najafi, Farid ^b   Shakeri, Jalal ^c   Khankeh, Hamid Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Iran; Motives; Prevention; Qualitative study; Self immolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SELF IMMOLATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THREAT; YOUNG ADULT;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; IRAN; MOTIVES; PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SELF-IMMOLATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893787748     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.06.016     Document Type: Article

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