Intervention in a shared traumatic reality: A new challenge for social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1927-1944

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Baum, Nehami ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

secondary traumatisation; shared reality; Social workers; trauma; vicarious traumatisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956482837     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp137     Document Type: Article

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