TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Suicide and North American Indians: A Social Constructivist Perspective
JO  - Journal of multicultural social work
A1  - Angell, G.B.
A1  - Kurz, B.J.
A1  - Gottfried, G.M.
SP  - 1
EP  - 26
VL  - 6
IS  - 3-4
N2  - This paper considers suicide from the perspective of a particular tribal group of North American Indians-the Ojibwa (also known as the Chippewa in the U.S.). Through an exploration of the erosion and loss of the central cultural value of pimadaziwin (health, well-being, and longevity for self and family), an understanding of self-destructive thoughts and behaviors, culminating in suicide or nissitise, is presented. Implications for cross-cultural social work practice founded on intervention as social construction are offered. © 1997 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1042-8224
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J285v06n03_01
ID  - ref1
ER  -