Psychosocial interventions and the demoralization of humanitarianism

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-504

  Pupavac, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; CONVALESCENCE; CROATIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALTRUISM; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POLITICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3142712405     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932004006613     Document Type: Review

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