Trauma of children of the Sudan: A constructivist exploration

Child Welfare

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-233

  Bolea, Patty Stow ^a   Grant Jr , George ^a   Burgess, Marcy ^a   Plasa, Olia ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL WORK; SUDAN; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUDAN;

EID: 0038652064     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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