Who is killing what or whom?: Some notes on the internal phenomenology of suicide1

Relating to Self-harm and Suicide: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Practice, Theory and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 45-60

  Bell, David ^a,b  

^a TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b British sychoanalytical Society   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85145116208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203871867-13     Document Type: Chapter

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