Citation

Baudelot C. Soins 2017; 62(814): 26-29.

Vernacular Title

Le suicide, un fait social.

Affiliation

ENS, UMR 8097 CMH, 48, boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France. Electronic address: christian.baudelot@ens.fr.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Masson Editeur)

DOI

10.1016/j.soin.2017.02.004

PMID

28411659

Abstract

Treating suicide as a social fact means disregarding its individual and dramatic dimensions. Sociologists do not reason on the basis of specific cases but by studying the variations, in space and time, of suicide rates. Their contribution relates essentially to a renewed perspective on society: suicide is in fact a very accurate indicator of the intensity and quality of the bonds which unite or isolate individuals in a society.

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Language: fr

Keywords

famille; family; lien social; risk; risque; social bond; sociologie; sociology; statistics; statistique; suicide