The effects of gender discrimination on refugee torture survivors: A cross-cultural traumatology perspective

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 299-306

  Kira, Ibrahim A ^a   Smith, Iris ^b   Lewandowski, Linda ^c   Templin, Thomas ^c  

^a Center for Torture and Trauma Survivors   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CTD; gender discrimination; identity traumas; PTSD; refugee traumas; Type III traumas

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650146715     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390310384401     Document Type: Article

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