Title: Suicide
Description: When is it okay for a person to kill themself? How have ideas about this changed over time, and how do they differ across cultures? How do Ireland's suicide rates, especially among its young men, compare to rates in other countries in Europe and beyond? Are we obsessed today with the idea of suicide? Is it possible to prevent suicide, and, if so, how? Should we try to prevent all suicides, or are there some that we should allow, regulate, even assist? Might some suicides be rational? How are families affected by suicide? What can they do if a family member is suicidal?
Subjects: Suicide, Cross-cultural studies, Ethnology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Études transculturelles, Suicides, Suicide, prevention