Secondary Trauma Among Caregivers Who Work With Mexican and Central American Refugees

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-273

  Lusk, Mark ^a   Terrazas, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

compassion fatigue; migration; refugees; secondary trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926465161     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986315578842     Document Type: Article

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