Influencing Suicide Rates among the Elderly
The Suicide Prevention and Regulation Policies of Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12836221 |
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| Authors | Angela Louise C Rosario (0000-0001-9888-4163, Ateneo de Manila University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 757-790 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15691330-12341513 |
| OpenAlex | W2995218631 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
By focusing on the elderly suicide rates, this study lays out the different suicide regulation and prevention policies of three developed countries – Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea. The main goal is to compare and analyze how these policies, with disparate ways of handling suicide, influence elderly suicide rates in relation with their countries’ respective differing suicide determinants. By applying the ‘Method for Synthesizing about Public Policies’ created by Morestin, Gauvin, Hogue, and Benoit to check the status of efficiency and of any issues of public policies, it concludes that South Korea shows promise, while Japan’s suicide rates have certainly been scaling down. Conversely, in terms of the use of euthanasia, suicide rates in the Netherlands have been continuously rising
Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Poison control · Political science · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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