Social work with Bosnian Muslim refugee children and families: A review of the literature

Child Welfare

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 607-630

  Snyder, Cindy S ^a   May, J Dean ^a   Zulcic, Nihada N ^a   Gabbard, W Jay ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVAL; WAR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY; HUMANS; ISLAM; REFUGEES; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVAL; WAR;

EID: 27844465002     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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