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Bahadır Kumral
Namık Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Ayla ÜNSAL
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Taşkın Özdeş
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Süheyla Aliustaoğlu
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Yüksel Aydın Yazıcı
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Sefa Çelik
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| This study was undertaken to examine the effect of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan on the number of suicides in order to assess whether religious faith is associated with a decreased number of suicides during that period. In this retrospective study, a total number of 82,871 autopsies have been performed in the Morgue Department of the Council of Forensic Medicine (Istanbul) of the Ministry of Justice between 1978 and 2012, 33 years. For the study purposes, the earlier start of Islamic calendar months (i.e. 10 or 11 days earlier each year) compared with the Gregorian calendar was taken into account and file details such as crime scene investigation reports, information obtained from the police, and autopsy results were assessed. Of the 4315 suicide cases, 267 were reported during Ramadan, while 4048 were recorded during other months. Of the 33 years examined, only five Ramadan months exhibited a … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences |
| Dergi ISSN | 0045-0618 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | EBSCO |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 03-2016 |
| Cilt No | 48 |
| Sayı | 2 |
| Sayfalar | 121 / 131 |
