The cost of caring? social workers in hospitals confront ongoing terrorism

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1247-1261

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Hantman, Shira ^b   Ginzburg, Karni ^c   Solomon, Zahava ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Optimism; Secondary traumatization; Social workers; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249144762     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl081     Document Type: Article

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