Sick or sad? Supporting palestinian children living in conditions of chronic political violence

Children and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-181

  Rabaia, Yoke ^a   Saleh, Mahasin F ^b   Giacaman, Rita ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Children; Mental health; Occupied palestinian territory; Social suffering; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898905816     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chso.12061     Document Type: Article

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