Family disclosure of war trauma to children

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 14-25

  Measham, Toby ^a,b   Rousseau, Cécile ^a,b  

^a CSSS de la Montagne   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Disclosure; Family separation; Qualitative research; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953980782     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765610365915     Document Type: Article

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