Non-Western interpreters' experiences of trauma: The protective role of culture following exposure to oppression

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-418

  Johnson, Howard ^a   Thompson, Andrew ^b   Downs, Maria ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective traumatisation; Culture; Interpreter; Non Western; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder; UK

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURE; HEALTH IMPACT; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BIAS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THREAT; TORTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COERCION; CULTURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YUGOSLAVIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68849095591     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802621449     Document Type: Article

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