Refugee women's health: Collaborative inquiry with refugee women in Rwanda

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 880-896

  Pavlish, Carol ^a,b  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGO; DISASTER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RWANDA; STANDARD; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; CONGO; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; RWANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 31544469523     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330500301697     Document Type: Article

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