Identifying the 'resilience factor': An emerging counter narrative to the traditional discourse of 'vulnerability' in 'social suffering'

Global Perspectives on War, Gender and Health: The Sociology and Anthropology of Suffering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 127-145

  Almedom, Astier M ^a   Brensinger, Evelyn A ^a   Adam, Gordon M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University ^*

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