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488 pp. Light rubbing and edgewear with 1/4" scar on lower back cover. "Researchers, clinicians, crisis workers, survivors, and others have called for Canadian information on suicide. It was this need that served as the impetus for this volume. The book itself, in fact, presents a multi-disciplinary approach, representing how suicide needs to be addressed in Canada. A diversity of people is needed in suicide prevention, from practitioners to community participants to researchers, reflecting differing conceptual, theoretical, and ethical viewpoints.". Seller Inventory # 001767
Bibliographic Details
Title: Suicide in Canada
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition
About this title
The Canadian National Task Force on Suicide found that suicide rates in Canada, especially among youth, exceed those in other countries around the world, including the United States. Health care professionals and social service providers identify suicide as one of the most important areas in which they need information. Yet, there has been little change in public policies, and support for research is lacking.
Compiled by Canada's leading experts on suicide, this collection provides long-awaited information that focuses specifically on Canada. It addresses suicide as a multi-dimensional problem with biological, psychological, cultural, sociological, personal, and philosophical aspects. The contributions integrate both critical analysis and personal experience. There are accounts from Inuit elders, from women who have survived the loss of a family member, and from workers at a crisis line. Among the topics covered are the development of suicide prevention; theory and research; First Nations and Inuit peoples; family, community, and government approaches; distress centres; survivors; and the debate over the right to die.
Suicide in Canada does more than simply describe the recent developments in suicidology in Canada - it is a call for action that will save lives. It will be of immediate use to psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, crisis workers, and researchers.
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