Healing the wounds following protracted conflict in angola: A community-based approach to assisting war-affected children

Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 321-342

  Wessells, Michael G ^a   Monteiro, Carlinda ^b  

^a RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Christian Children's Fund   (Angola)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610416-29     Document Type: Chapter

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