Managing secondary PTSD among personnel deployed in post-conflict countries

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-207

  Wilson, John P ^a   Gielissen, Hub ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expatriates; Human resource management; Rwanda; Stress; The netherlands; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149104359     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560410541795     Document Type: Article

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