Social injury: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the attitudes towards suicide of lay persons in Ghana.
One way of furthering our understanding of suicidal behaviour is to examine people's attitudes towards it and how they conceive the act. The aim of this study was to understand how lay persons conceive the impact of suicide on others and how that influences their attitudes towards suicide...
Main Authors: | Birthe Knizek, Charity Akotia, Heidi Hjelmeland, Joseph Osafo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2011-11-01
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Series: | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijqhw.net/index.php/qhw/article/view/8708/13464 |
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