SuitabookSuicide
Margaret Haerens
- Reading
- Read a selected section at a time, pausing to distinguish reported trends, proposed policies and the writers’ arguments. You could choose in advance whether to read the terrorism section together.
- Themes
- International trends and contributing factors: Essays examine suicide rates in different countries and discuss social, political, economic and cultural factors, alongside prevention and policy responses. The collection frames the subject through comparisons and proposed explanations, rather than a single account of causes.
- Assisted-suicide policy debate: The contents include one essay calling for Britain to legalise assisted suicide and another arguing against legalisation. The topic is presented through explicitly opposing policy positions; their reasoning should be considered separately.
- Suicide as terrorism: The concluding section examines suicide as an act of terrorism, with entries about bombings and recruitment in several regions. The book places this subject in a concluding section after its coverage of trends, policies and contributing factors.
- Worth knowing
- Suicide, suicide attempts and suicide bombing are central subjects, with entries involving youth, domestic violence, poverty and economic hardship. These topics may prompt a check-in before reading together.