Journal article
Is There an Economic Argument for Suicide Prevention? A Response to Doessel and Williams
Suicidology online, Vol.1
01 Jan 2010
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Abstract
A recent article in Suicidology Online by Doessel and Williams presented an economic argument for a policy of suicide prevention. This response raises several issues that Doessel and Williams fail to address: (1) the fact that suicides may result in economic savings for the society, (2) the finite resources of governments so that governments have to decide in which issues to become involved, (3) the fact that most government policies product benefits for some members of the society and costs for others, and (4) the role of governments versus charities, NGOs and Quangos.
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- Title
- Is There an Economic Argument for Suicide Prevention? A Response to Doessel and Williams
- Creators
- Bijou Yang - Drexel UniversityDavid Lester - Richard Stockton Coll New Jersey, Psychol Program, Pomona, NJ USA
- Publication Details
- Suicidology online, Vol.1
- Publisher
- Univ Molise
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Identifiers
- 991019340592604721
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- Psychology, Multidisciplinary