Concepts of body and self in minority groups

The Female Body in Mind: The Interface Between the Female Body and Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 192-201

  Nasser, Mervat ^a   Bhugra, Dinesh ^b   Chow, Vanessa ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Psychiatry   (India)

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EID: 84893927367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939543     Document Type: Chapter

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