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History in the study of suicide*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

George Rosen
Affiliation:
Department of the History of Science and Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, U.S.A.

Synopsis

Historical analysis can contribute to the study of suicide as a form of human behaviour by providing perspective. Examining suicide in relation to changing social conditions, value systems, institutions and ideologies at different periods and in various societies may suggest ways of looking at suicide in our society. Materials presented here also indicate possibilities for further investigation.

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