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Aboriginal suicide is different a portrait of life and self-destruction Cover Image E-book E-book

Aboriginal suicide is different a portrait of life and self-destruction

Tatz, Colin Martin. (Author). Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. (Added Author).

Summary: Adopting a historical and anthropological approach to suicide in Australia and New Zealand, this study documents the rate of suicide among Aboriginal people, which is among the world's highest.

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  • ISBN: 9780855755089 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0855755083 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0855754982
  • ISBN: 9780855754983
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (xxv, 191 p.)
  • Edition: 2nd ed.
  • Publisher: Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, c2005.

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General Note:
Previous ed.: c2001.
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-181) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The social and political contexts -- The origins of the 'new violence' -- An anthropology of suicide -- The prevalence of Aboriginal suicide : definitional problems -- The prevalence of Aboriginal suicide : the data -- Towards an explanation of Aboriginal suicide -- Contributing factors : Aboriginal community values -- Contributing factors : societal values -- Lessons from abroad -- Towards alleviation.
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Description based on print version record.

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