Social workers confront terrorist victims: The interventions and the difficulties

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 115-130

  Fraidlin, Nelly ^a   Rabin, Barbara ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Families; Information center; Social workers; Victims

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BURNOUT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; GUILT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORKER; TERRORISM; VICTIM;

ANXIETY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JOB DESCRIPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748443574     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v43n02_08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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