Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To examine the incidence and patterns of intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa and to describe the factors associated with an increase in the risk of suicide after intimate femicide (i.e. the killing of an intimate female partner). METHODS: A cross-sectional retrospective national mor...

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Main Authors: Shanaaz Mathews, Naeemah Abrahams, Rachel Jewkes, Lorna J Martin, Carl Lombard, Lisa Vetten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008000700015&lng=en&tlng=en