Thriving in Postwar Kosova

Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 65-72

  Arënliu, Aliriza ^a,b   Landsman, Moshe S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Municipal Psychological Services   (Israel)

^d KAYE ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Christian orthodox; Discrimination; Human rights; Kosova; Muslim ethnic albanians

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886184990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270028.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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