Refuge or retrauma? The impact of asylum seeker status on the wellbeing of East Timorese women asylum seekers residing in the Australian community

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Rees, Susan ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; East Timor; Policy; Wellbeing; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIMOR-LESTE; TORTURE; WELLBEING;

EID: 28744456139     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1038-5282.2003.02022.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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