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Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention

Edited by Danuta Wasserman, Camilla Wasserman

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2009
Print ISBN-13:
9780198570059
Published to Oxford Medicine:
Jul 2011
DOI:
10.1093/med/9780198570059.001.0001

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Contents

Development of definitions of suicidal behaviours

Chapter:
Development of definitions of suicidal behaviours
Author(s):

José M Bertolote,

Danuta Wasserman

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780198570059.003.0013

This chapter covers definitions of suicidal behaviours and how they vary over time, reflecting predominant philosophies and schools of thought. The limitations in the quality of information about suicide mortality, as a common feature affecting the whole vital registration system, are discussed. Coordinated efforts should be made to strengthen those systems, paying attention to the specificity of sociocultural factors’ influence on defining, recording and reporting suicide as a cause of death.

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