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Citation

Leenaars AA, Wenckstern S. Arch. Suicide Res. 2004; 8(1): 131-136.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health Services, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. draalee@wincom.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811110490243831

PMID

16006389

Abstract

Suicidology is not alone in wrestling with the question, 'who are the altruistic suicides?' A review of a series of studies published in Archives of Suicide Research, suggests that maybe they are not different from other suicides. They are suicides; a case study of a "martyr" note reveals a suicide note. Emile Durkheim's sociological taxonomy suggests that the difference is probably on the outside, the social world. Yet, who decides what is honorable or not? Who are the suicide bombers? Martyrs? Terrorists? It appears that society(ies) defines the event, probably not the psychological aspects of the suicide(s). More research is, however, needed, but there are many obstacles to such study.

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