Understanding the impact of trauma on family life from the viewpoint of female caregivers living in urban poverty

Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 77-90

  Kiser, Laurel J ^a   Nurse, Winona ^a   Lucksted, Alicia ^a   Collins, Kathryn S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family ritual; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Poverty; Spirituality; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849095751     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765608320329     Document Type: Article

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