As survivors age: An overview

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-26

  Danieli, Yael ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GUILT; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SHAME; WAR;

EID: 0030846172     PISSN: 00221414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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