A 90-year-old woman kills herself rather than continue suffering with terminal bone cancer. A teenager commits suicide when his girlfriend breaks up with him and his parents are unconcerned. A religious fanatic kills himself to protest religious persecution. These examples of suicide suggest that ____
a. suicide cannot be studied in a scientific manner
b. all suicide stems from mental disorder
c. there are many different reasons for suicide
d. suicide is basically a sociological phenomenon
c
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