Abstract

MARTINEZ G, Ángela B  and  GUINSBERG B, Enrique. Qualitative Research to study the attempted suicide of Tabasco’s young people. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2009, vol.27, n.1, pp.32-38. ISSN 0120-386X.

OBJECTIVE: this paper intends to give an account concerning the progress of a doctoral research with regards to suicidal attempts in young people along with their meanings. METHODOLOGY: qualitative research. It presents the theories which support my work (collective health, cultural studies, and youth sociology) in the search of understanding how the hegemonic medical thinking has had an influence in the production of scientific knowledge about suicide. RESULTS: there is a need to construct an overlook which may allow discovering the meanings that death, life, and life style may have for men and women with suicidal attempts. Discussion: It concludes with the presentation of the development that has taken this research with regard to the analysis interviews that give it origin.

Keywords : suicide; attempted suicide; youth.

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