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  • 8/27/2017
Quiet Epidemic of Suicide Claims France’s Farmers
that The doctor establishing the death certificate can avoid mentioning suicide,
" Dr. Maeght-Lenormand said. that It is a time when you start having small health issues, when you think about the transfer of your farm,
Le Guelvout’s suicide, his brother André, 52, has taken over the farm in Brittany,
and his sister Marie worries about how he will handle all of the work that was previously shared.
Le Guelvout’s brother was part of a quiet epidemic of suicide among French farmers with which stoical
rural families, the authorities, public health officials and researchers are trying to grapple.
Marie explained that It was a place that he loved, near the fields that he loved,
Nicolas Deffontaines said that There’s this financial pressure, this loan pressure,
The debts, Mr. Deffontaines said, can lead farmers to deepen their investments, both personal
and financial, as they immerse themselves in their work and take more loans to pay off previous ones.
" he said, "and thanks to my kids, who were always my priority." Now, he is considering a career change.
that I held on thanks to sports, which I’ve been practicing since I was 18,
Seven years ago, the French government began addressing the rising suicide rate among farmers,
and the agriculture minister at the time, Bruno Le Maire, elevated the issue to a national cause.

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