| Rethinking suicide: notes toward a critical epidemiology. | |
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PMID: 468438 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Where the genesis of "disease" owes much to causes that are social and economic in nature, epidemiology holds unrealized potential as a tool of social criticism. A particularly interesting example is provided by suicide and suicide research. Methodological difficulties are explored in detail, major findings reviewed, and the dominant interpretations of such findings criticized. Research has consistently pointed to the risks of marginal or minority status, unemployment, weak community supports, situational crises, and the pressures people are subjected to during periods of economic depression. It is argued that the sociostructural implications of such research have been systematically ignored, attention being devoted instead to more efficient management of the suicidal individual--this in spite of the lack of success of suicide prevention centers. Initial steps toward an alternative framework are outlined, with emphasis laid on the need to disaggregate the suicide act. It is further suggested that self-destruction is a far commoner--indeed, integral--part of our social environment than the bare rack of suicide statistics would suggest. |
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Authors:
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K Hopper; S Guttmacher |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: International journal of health services : planning, administration, evaluation Volume: 9 ISSN: 0020-7314 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Health Serv Publication Date: 1979 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1979-10-24 Completed Date: 1979-10-24 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1305035 Medline TA: Int J Health Serv Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 417-38 Citation Subset: IM |
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Adolescent Adult African Americans Age Factors Aged Epidemiologic Methods Epidemiology* European Continental Ancestry Group Female Humans Male Middle Aged Sex Factors Social Class Social Problems Socioeconomic Factors Sociology / methods* Sociology, Medical / methods* Suicide / epidemiology*, prevention & control United States |
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