The human touch and mass catastrophe

Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-336

  Raphael, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NOTE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38149048113     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2007.70.4.329     Document Type: Note

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