Working with refugee families in Greece: Systemic considerations

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-220

  Voulgaridou, Maria G ^a   Papadopoulos, Renos K ^b,c   Tomaras, Vlassis ^d,e  

^a Family Therapist   (Greece)

^b TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 33645819175     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2006.00346.x     Document Type: Review

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