"Your heart is never free": Women in Wales and Ghana talking about distress

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-142

  Walters, Vivienne ^b   Avotri, Joyce Yaa ^c   Charles, Nickie ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0033131556     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0086832     Document Type: Article

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