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…Study of Suicide Durkheim's book 'Suicide: A study in sociology', published in 1897 defines suicide as "all causes of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim himself which he knows will produce this result…

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…." It was from this base that Durkheim undertook his study of Suicide. Durkheim sees social facts as absolutely objective "things" that can be analyzed and evaluated in a scientific way. From this notion of objective social facts he deduced that "one social fact…

…Suicides are not normal but I would describe them as common. I do not believe that suicide is wrong. However, I speculate that suicide can be prevented. Suicides among young people nationwide have increased dramatically in recent years. Suicide…

…There have been numerous occasions on which I have contemplated suicide without knowing why it was I wanted to die. While reading Susana Kaysen's book, Girl, Interrupted, I was able to personally relate to Kaysen's thoughts and feelings of suicide…

…Death by suicide is a complex and intense personal act, reflecting any number of emotional issues. Such an act against oneself can derive from a multitude of psychological, sociological and environmental factors. Both Australia and other industrialised…

…Journal: Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal Volume 28, Issue 8, August 2004, Pages 863-875 Is there a specific relationship between childhood sexual and physical abuse and repeated suicidal behavior? Mette Ystgaard, Ingbejorg Hestetun…

…Assisted Suicide Paper February 26, 2004 Abstract The need to have an understanding of the moral, legal and ethical issues facing clinicians dealing with end of life issues. Those who treat patients approaching the end of life often face moral…

…required doctors to abide by the Hippocratic Oath which includes the ban on assisted suicide and euthanasia. (Lund, 41) Although at the present time many people believe that terminally ill patients have the right to choose, many also believe that it is unethical…

…Teen depression is a rising problem in today's society, and is also a major contributing cause for a large amount of adolescent problems. The amount of teenage runaways, alcoholism, drug problems, pregnancy, eating disorders, and suicides are startling…