@article{ref1,
title="Self-Immolation: Cause and Culture",
journal="Journal of burn care and research",
year="2008",
author="Romm, Sharon and Combs, Heidi and Klein, Matthew Brady",
volume="29",
number="6",
pages="988-993",
abstract="Accounts of self-inflicted death by fire are numerous and are found from antiquity to present times. We review selected examples of self-immolation from historical record, in mythology and as part of religious and cultural tradition. We discuss the use of self-immolation as a literary device in the arts including fiction, opera, movies, and song. We offer motives for this horrifying act and discuss how it has been used as a form of protest for political reasons or for individual maltreatment or as a means to end intense personal suffering. Finally, we explore what setting oneself alight may represent from a psychodynamic perspective. <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1559-047X",
doi="10.1097/BCR.0b013e31818b9ed4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/BCR.0b013e31818b9ed4"
}