An Ecological Approach to Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Arab American Women and Their Families

The Family Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-183

  Mourad, Mariam R ^a   Abdella Carolan, Marsha T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab American; cultural sensitivity; treatment; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954746905     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480710364474     Document Type: Article

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