Helping individuals heal from rape connected to conflict and/or war

Trauma Rehabilitation After War and Conflict: Community and Individual Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 291-309

  McDevitt Murphy, Meghan E ^a   Casey, Laura B ^a   Cogdal, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 84892323334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5722-1_13     Document Type: Chapter

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