Therapeutic work with refugees living in exile: Observations on clinical practice

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-243

  Tribe, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFUGEE; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032740761     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515079908254093     Document Type: Review

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