Should suicide be reported in the media?: A critique of research

Remember Me: Constructing Immortality: Beliefs on Immortality, Life, and Death

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 149-158

  Sullivan, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84925785593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203844540     Document Type: Chapter

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