Professionals' double exposure in the shared traumatic reality of wartime: Contributions to professional growth and stress

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2113-2134

  Baum, Nehami ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communal disaster; Double exposure; Post traumatic growth; Secondary traumatisation; Social worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920550901     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct085     Document Type: Article

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