Enhancing the psychosocial well-being of asylum seekers and refugees

Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 205-224

  Burnett, Angela ^a   Thompson, Kate ^b  

^a The North East London Mental Health Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29444459424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452233536.n14     Document Type: Chapter

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