Doctors and other dangers: Bosnian refugee narratives of suffering and survival in Western Australia

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-369

  Kokanovic, Renata ^a   Stone, Meredith ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bosnians; mental health; narratives; qualitative; refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049454464     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2010.10     Document Type: Article

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