The lived experience of genocide rape survivors in Rwanda

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-384

  Mukamana, Donatilla ^a,b   Brysiewicz, Petra ^a,c  

^a University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genocide; Lived experience; Rape; Rape survivors; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; RWANDA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RAPE; RWANDA;

EID: 56849130214     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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