Reporting suicide: Interpreting media guidelines

Australian Journalism Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 45-56

  Machlin, Anna ^a   Skehan, Jaelea ^b   Sweet, Melissa ^c   Wake, Alexandra ^d   Fletcher, Justine ^a   Spittal, Matthew ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84914153842     PISSN: 08102686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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