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Suicide and society in India [electronic resource] / Peter Mayer ... [et al.].

By: Mayer, Peter.
Series: Routledge South Asian religion series: 1.Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xv, 258 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780203840085 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Suicide -- India | Suicide -- Sociological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 362.280954 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Previous studies of suicide in India -- 3. The reliability of Indian suicide data -- 4. The aetiology of suicide in India -- 5. The methods of suicide -- 6. Trends in suicide in India -- 7. Gender and suicide -- 8. Age and suicide -- 9. Urbanisation and suicide -- 10. Education and suicide -- 11. Occupation and suicide -- 12. Marriage, the family and suicide -- 13. Alcohol and suicide -- 14. Suicide in the Indian diaspora -- 15. Suicide in Pondicherry -- 16. Conclusion.
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362.280954 (Browse shelf) 1 e-book SLASx,05000,03,CL,PPT

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Previous studies of suicide in India -- 3. The reliability of Indian suicide data -- 4. The aetiology of suicide in India -- 5. The methods of suicide -- 6. Trends in suicide in India -- 7. Gender and suicide -- 8. Age and suicide -- 9. Urbanisation and suicide -- 10. Education and suicide -- 11. Occupation and suicide -- 12. Marriage, the family and suicide -- 13. Alcohol and suicide -- 14. Suicide in the Indian diaspora -- 15. Suicide in Pondicherry -- 16. Conclusion.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.