Vicarious posttraumatic growth among interpreters

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1705-1716

  Splevins, Katie A ^a   Cohen, Keren ^b   Joseph, Stephen ^c   Murray, Craig ^d   Bowley, Jake ^e  

^a Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Mental Health and Social Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross cultural; cultural competence; culture; distress; health care professionals; interpretive methods; interviews; refugees; research; semistructured; stress; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMPATHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650122728     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310377457     Document Type: Article

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