Religious Views on Suicide Among the Baganda, Uganda: A Qualitative Study

Death Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-361

  Mugisha, James ^a   Hjelmeland, Heidi ^a,b   Kinyanda, Eugene ^c   Knizek, Birthe Loa ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897097393     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.641136     Document Type: Article

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