Blog #8: Book Review #2

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Holmes, Ronald M., and Stephen T. Holmes. Suicide: Theory, Practice, and Investigation. Thousand

             Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005. Print.

3.) This book investigates all aspects of suicide including cause, biological factors, mental health, etc. It focuses greatly on youths and how they are especially prone to suicide. According to one of the tables in this book, suicide is the 11th cause for deaths in the United States. Mentioned in one part of this book, are physicians and how they are especially prone to suicide since they have such high stress from dealing with such ill patients. After this part, the book mentions that certain occupations are not the result for higher suicide rates. (This is a good counter argument for my paper.) Another part of this book includes the work of Emile Durkheim, and his contributions to the study of suicide. For example, he has studied suicide from a social and societal perspective.

4.) There are two authors, Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes.

-Ronald M. Holmes has written several books all relating to suicide, death, crimes, etc. He is also the Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides.

-Stephen T. Holmes is the Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Flordia.

*Both authors have knowledge in regards to crimes involving suicide and have written several books which demonstrates their knowledge in the topic.

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Key terms/Key Concepts

        1.) Anomie: Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group.

        2.) Suicide: Sui- oneself Cide- from the latin verb caedere, to kill (To kill oneself)

6.) Quotations

#1)  (Also mentioned above) "Suicide experts now inform us that there is no significant statistical relationship between suicide and occupation" (8).

-I chose this quote because it could potentially be used for my counter argument. My argument suggests students studying nursing are at a higher risk for suicide. However, this quote suggests that there is no relation between the two.

#2)  "Using the scientific method of the times, Durkheim saw suicide as a phenomenon that arose from societal pressures and influences" (27).

-This quotes supports my theory that nursing students are more prone to suicide because of their pressure from their vigorous curriculums. Although I plan on using Durkheim's theories as my counter argument in my paper, I still feel this quote can be incorporated into my paper.

#3) (Also mentioned above) "Physicians also have a high rate of suicide, perhaps because of the stress involved in the practice of medicine...The high stress of dealing with patients who are ill and many times terminally ill may take a terrible toll on the psychological health of physicians" (7).

-I chose this quote because although it does not focus solely on nursing students, it still pertains to the medical field. Nursing students do have a lot of stress and can be in contact with severely ill patients during their clinicals.


7.) This book has helped because it includes the work of Emile Durkheim, who I have recently decided to inlclude in my research project. Also, this book includes statistics that I can potentially use in my paper.

8.) This book does not differ completely from the one I used in the previous book review, however it does include some new topics. For example, it does not only focus on college students, but on the population as a whole. Although I do not plan on focusing on this book entirely, I feel it have information that is useful.