Choosing life : special report on suicide among aboriginal people.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Imprint:	[Ottawa] : Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, c1995.
Description:	x, 135 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Suicidal behavior. Indians of North America -- Social conditions. Indians of North America -- Suicidal behavior. Canada.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1762922

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ISBN:	0660158019
Notes:	Issued also in French under title: Choisir la vie, un rapport spécial sur le suicide chez les autochtones. Co-chairpersons: René Dussault, Georges Erasmus. Cf. P. [iii]. Includes bibliographical references: p. 131-135.
Govt.docs classification:	DSS Cat. no. Z1-1991/1-41-4E

Table of Contents:

Preface - Why Write a Special Report on Suicide Among Aboriginal People?
1. Suicide Among Aboriginal People: The Crisis and the Hope
2. How Serious is the Problem of Suicide Among Aboriginal People?
3. Why Are There So Many Suicides Among Aboriginal People?
4. Saving Their Own Lives: Aboriginal Communities Take Charge
5. Barriers and Solutions
6. A Proposal for Fundamental Change
A Special Report on Suicide: A Minority View
Appendix 1. Crisis Services: Direct Suicide Prevention
Appendix 2. Community Development
Appendix 3. Recommendations from the Commission's Special Consultations on Suicide Prevention
Appendix 4. Recommendations from the Community Sharing Circles, Big Cove, New Brunswick, 14 March 1993.

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