The professional fragmentation of experience in the study of dissociation, somatization, and culture

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 17-46

  Laria, Amaro J ^a   Lewis Fernández, Roberto ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Dissociation; Somatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844440146     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v02n03_03     Document Type: Article

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