An examination of social work interventions for use with displaced Iraqi households in Jordan

European Journal of Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-391

  Almakhamreh, Sahar ^a   Hundt, Gillian Lewando ^b  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Displacement; Iraqis; Jordan; Refugees; Social Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864724324     PISSN: 13691457     EISSN: 14682664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2010.545770     Document Type: Review

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