Back from the edge of existence: A critical anthropology of trauma

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 753-762

  Lester, Rebecca ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DESTRUCTION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; NOTE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886434769     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513504520     Document Type: Article

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