A sociological autopsy lens on older adult suicide in rural Australia
Addressing health, psychosocial factors and care practices at the intersection of policies and institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4589757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott J Fitzpatrick (0000-0002-6171-0132, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health), Donna Read (0000-0001-6925-9158, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health), Bronwyn K Brew (0000-0002-9885-8261, UNSW Sydney), Deion Perkins (0000-0001-9739-7339, Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 284 |
| Pages | 114196 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114196 |
| OpenAlex | W3180088418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 52 |
This paper examines the interrelationship between suicide, health, socioeconomic, and psychosocial factors in contributing to suicide in older adults in rural Australia. Drawing on a coronial dataset of suicide cases and a mixed methods sociological autopsy approach, our study integrated a quantitative analysis of 792 suicide cases with a qualitative analysis of medico-legal reports from 30 cases. The sociological autopsy provided novel insights into the entanglement of policy and service provision at the state-level with individual end-of-life decisions. Particular attention is drawn to age and gendered dimensions of suicide, especially in relation to health and social issues. The study showed a continuity between suicide and the patterning of an individual's life course, including experiences and consequences of inequality and marginality; a desire to meet culturally-normative ideals of autonomy; and a fragmented, under-funded, and intimidating social care system that offered limited options
Criminology · Geography · Health care · Intersection (aeronautics · Lens (geology · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology
Social exclusion of older persons
Complexities
Suicide in rural areas
Suicide in older adults
The role of masculinity in men's help-seeking for depression
The Contribution of Demoralization to End of Life Decisionmaking
Invisible Mediators of Action
Mad, Bad or Heroic? Gender, Identity and Accountability in Lay Portrayals of Suicide in Late Twentieth-Century England
Intersectionality and the determinants of health
The gender of suicide
Foucauldian Ethics and Elective Death
Are We Medicalizing Women’s Misery? A Critical Review of Women’s Higher Rates of Reported Depression
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
The Somatechnologies of Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying Law
Old age rational suicide
Proximal, Distal, and the Politics of Causation
Demographic and Economic Changes in Remote Australia
Foundations of Qualitative Research
Understanding suicide
Experiences and Motivations Underlying Wishes to Die in Older People Who Are Tired of Living
Ready to give up on life
Sociological autopsy
Suicide Determination and the Professional Authority of Medical Examiners
Ageing, Experience, Biopolitics
Using Mixed-Methods Sequential Explanatory Design
Mixing methods in a qualitatively driven way
Suicide
Pathways to suicide attempts among male offenders
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |