Normalising the abnormal: Palestinian youth and the contradictions of resilience in protracted conflict

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Nguyen Gillham, Viet ^a   Giacaman, Rita ^a   Naser, Ghada ^a   Boyce, Will ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Normalisation; Palestinian youth; Policy; Resilience; Social care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ARABS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; POLITICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WAR;

EID: 42249085275     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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