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November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide Annotated edition [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 640 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x155x36 mm, kaal: 907 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2006
  • Kirjastus: Scribner Book Company
  • ISBN-10: 0743264479
  • ISBN-13: 9780743264471
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 640 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x155x36 mm, kaal: 907 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Feb-2006
  • Kirjastus: Scribner Book Company
  • ISBN-10: 0743264479
  • ISBN-13: 9780743264471
Teised raamatud teemal:
A updated social and medical investigation into the act of suicide, written by the National Book Award finalist author of The Big House, analyzes such aspects as the cultural history of suicide, the right-to-die movement, and the experiences of suicide's survivors. Originally published as The Enigma of Suicide. Original. 25,000 first printing.A social and medical investigation into the act of suicide analyzes such aspects as the cultural history of suicide, the right-to-die movement, and the experiences of suicide's survivors.
Introduction 1(6)
Preface to the First Edition 7(6)
1 ADOLESCENT SUICIDE 13(114)
I Justin
15(21)
II The Slot Machine
36(23)
III Brian
59(19)
IV Something in the Air
78(15)
V Dana
93(18)
VI "Use the Enclosed Order Form to Act Immediately. You Could Save a Life"
111(10)
VII Beginning to Close the Door
121(6)
2 HISTORY 127(80)
I Primitive Roots: The Rock of the Forefathers
129(15)
II The Classical World: "He Is at Liberty to Die Who Does Not Wish to Live"
144(14)
III Renaissance and Enlightenment: "It Is His Case, It May Be Thine"
158(19)
IV Science: Moral Medicine and Vital Statistics
177(14)
V Faith, Hopelessness, and SHIAA
191(16)
3 THE RANGE OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR 207(72)
I Winner and Loser
209(12)
II Under the Shadow
221(12)
III The Manner of Dying
233(11)
IV The Numbers Game
244(23)
V Backing into the Grave
267(12)
4 PREVENTION 279(80)
I Connections
281(10)
II Suicidology
291(21)
III Treatment
312(28)
IV Social Studies
340(12)
V Life or Liberty
352(7)
5 THE RIGHT TO DIE 359(94)
I A Fate Worse Than Death
361(31)
II "Your Good End in Life Is Our Concern!"
392(21)
III "The Limits Are Obscure...and Every Errour Deadly"
413(33)
IV A Model Hemlock Couple
446(7)
6 SURVIVORS 453(84)
I Merryl and Carl
455(11)
II The Mark of Cain
466(11)
III Merryl: The Torture Chamber
477(10)
IV The O'er-Fraught Heart
487(15)
V Merryl: The Jigsaw Puzzle
502(10)
VI A Safe Place
512(15)
VII Merryl: The Building Blocks
527(4)
VIII A Place for What We Lose
531(4)
IX Merryl and Carl
535(2)
Acknowledgments 537(2)
Notes 539(44)
Selected Bibliography 583(14)
Resources 597(2)
Index 599