In search of community: A quest for well-being among Tamil refugees in Northern Norway

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 493-514

  Grønseth, Anne Sigfrid ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community; Embodiment; Health; Refugee; Tamil

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARCTIC REGIONS; CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 9944256310     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.4.493     Document Type: Article

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