Narrative inquiry into life experiences of refugee women and men: Original article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Pavlish, Carol ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrative Inquiry; Quality of Life; Refugee Camps; Refugee Health; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEE; RWANDA;

CONGO; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARRIAGE; ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; RWANDA;

EID: 33847045963     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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