Understanding Suicide by Fincham, Susanne Langer Ben -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Understanding Suicide

Contents List of Figures and Tables

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Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 The Sociology of Suicide – A Critical Appreciation

A retrospective Emile Durkheim (2002 [1897]) Suicide: A Study in Sociology Ruth S. Cavan (1965) [1928] Suicide Jack D. Douglas (1967) The Social Meanings of Suicide J. Maxwell Atkinson (1978) Discovering Suicide: Studies in the Social Organization of Sudden Death The king is dead, long live the king Getting on with it, but how? Conclusion

3 What is a Sociological Autopsy?

Paradigm wars Peace in our times? A dual paradigms approach A sociological autopsy approach to suicide research The data Ethical considerations Making sense of Coroners’ files Suicide and the double hermeneutic Limitations and possibilities Conclusion

4 Suicide Case Files as Sites of Identity Creation

Drawing on ethnographic approaches to files and to the life-course Reports by medical scientists, medical specialists and physicians Reports on the deceased person as corpse Reports on the deceased person as patient Witness statements Suicide notes Conclusion

5 Suicide Notes as Social Documents

Approaching suicide notes from a social science perspective Apologies in suicide notes as connection What the notes intend to accomplish General material and practical aspects Emotional aspects Conclusion

6 Repertoires of Action

The concept of ‘repertoires of action’ Repertoires of action and suicide Case studies Conclusion

7 When Things Fall Apart – Suicide and the Life-Course

Social bonds and the life-course Attachment theory and psychoanalysis The demography of suicide in England and Wales A sociological autopsy of suicide – The local picture Conclusion

8 Lessons for Prevention

The book’s contribution Preventing suicide National suicide prevention strategies Examples from the sociological autopsy study that might inform evolving policy and practice Relationships with partners Relationships with children Suicide and the life-course Relationship to institutions – health services Relationship with institutions – the criminal justice system Gendered identities and gendered practices Holistic responses Conclusions

References Index