Haiti, insecurity, and the politics of asylum

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-376

  James, Erica Caple ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum; Disaster; Haiti; Insecurity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HAITI; HUMAN; POLITICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

DISASTERS; HAITI; HUMANS; POLITICS; POVERTY; REFUGEES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 80052400213     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2011.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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