The lost boys of Sudan: Ambiguous loss, search for family, and reestablishing relationships with family members

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-456

  Luster, Tom ^a   Qin, Desiree B ^a   Bates, Laura ^a   Johnson, Deborah J ^a   Rana, Meenal ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; Family reunification; Refugees; Separated children; Transnational families; Unaccompanied minors

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949089266     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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