Social Work Interventions in Refugee Camps: An Ecosystems Approach

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-92

  Drumm, René D ^a,b   Pittman, Sharon W ^a,b   Perry, Shelly ^b  

^a Department of Social Work ^*  (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Qualitative; Refugee; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842531006     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v30n02_05     Document Type: Review

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