Refugee Children, Trauma and the Law

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-443

  Tufnell, Guinevere ^a  

^a Traumatic Stress Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human rights; Legal issues; Psychological trauma; Refugee

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0142118224     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/13591045030084002     Document Type: Review

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