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Citation

Smith GW, Bloom I. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1985; 15(1): 3-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4039480

Abstract

This study investigates suicide from the vantage point of the suicidal person by analyzing the personal meaning(s) of the act for the individual. Twenty-seven suicidal persons and survivors contributed to the research. Their individual recollections are studied and ordered within the framework of Jean Baechler's approach (as presented in his book Suicides). The study indicates that there is, in each case, an identifiable purpose or a pattern of purposes that can be categorized within a restricted and meaningful system, which may help the observer understand what human beings are doing when they want to end their lives.

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