Cultural factors promoting coping among Tibetan refugees: A qualitative investigation

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 575-587

  Hussain, Dilwar ^a   Bhushan, Braj ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Interpretive phenomenological analysis; Tibetan refugees; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960520935     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.497131     Document Type: Article

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