'Feel the fear and do it anyway': Meeting the occupational needs of refugees and people seeking asylum

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 474-476

  Smith, Helen Claire ^a,b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Arrival General Practice for Refugees   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REFUGEE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 27744550130     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260506801006     Document Type: Article

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