Influencing Suicide Rates among the Elderly: The Suicide Prevention and Regulation Policies of Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea

• Main Author: Rosario, Angela Louise C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: suicide; elderly; prevention policy; regulation policy; comparative analysis; Japan; the Netherlands; South Korea; International and Area Studies; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/japanese-studies-program-faculty/1; https://brill.com/view/journals/coso/18/5-6/article-p757_8.xml
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

By focusing on the elderly suicide rates, this study lays out the different suicide regulation and prevention policies of three developed countries – Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea. The main goal is to compare and analyze how these policies, with disparate ways of handling suicide, influenc...