Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults A Transcultural Journey
- Seattle, Toronto Hogrefe and Huber Publishers 2001
- 216p
includes index and biblioraphy
Suicide Among the Elderly in the World: Covariation with Psychological and Socio-Economic Factors .... 1 David Lester Suicidal Behavior in Elderly Europeans ... 21 Diego De Leo, Unni Bille-Brahe, Ella Arensman, Heidi Hjelmeland, hristian Haring, Keith Hawton, Jouko Lonnqvist, Konrad Michel, Minor Salander-Renberg, Armin Schmidtke, Danuta Wasserman Suicide Among the Elderly in Sweden ... 37 Danuta Wasserman and Susanne Ringskog Suicide Among the Danish Elderly .... 47 Unni Bille-Brahe and Karin Andersen Suicide in Old Age: Swiss Perspectives .... 57 Carlos Augusta De Mendonca Lima, Jose Manoel Bertolote, halo Simeone nd Vincent Camus elderly Suicide in Slovenia ... 77 Onja T. Grad, Ales Kogoj and Joze Trontelj Elderly People and Suicide in Turkey .... 89 Isik Sayil and Cigdem Aydemir Suicidal Behavior in the Hong Kong Elderly .... 97 Paul S.F. Yip and Iris Chi An Investigation into Resilience and Suicide in Japan`s Elderly ....... 117 Naoki Watanabe Suicide in Elderly and Youth Populations - How do They Differ? ...... 137 Kerryn Neulinger and Diego De Leo Suicide in the Canadian Elderly .... 155 Antoon Leenaars Euthanasia: The Australian Experience ... 172 Robert Goldney Family Factors in the Wish to Hasten Death and Euthanasia ... 181 Robyn Leigh and Brian Kelly Safe, Legal, Rare? Physician-Assisted Suicide and Cultural Change in the Future ... 203 Margaret P. Battin