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Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy

✍ Scribed by Ben Fincham, Susanne Langer, Jonathan Scourfield, Michael Shiner (auth.)


Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Leaves
211
Category
Library

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✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
The Sociology of Suicide β€” A Critical Appreciation....Pages 7-37
What is a Sociological Autopsy?....Pages 38-64
Suicide Case Files as Sites of Identity Creation....Pages 65-84
Suicide Notes as Social Documents....Pages 85-106
Repertoires of Action....Pages 107-132
When Things Fall Apart β€” Suicide and the Life-Course....Pages 133-167
Lessons for Prevention....Pages 168-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-203

✦ Subjects


Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging; Social Policy; Medical Sociology; Gender Studies; Social Work; Self and Identity


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