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Chapter 5 - Spirituality and Cultural Psychiatry

from Section 1 - Theoretical Background

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2018

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Kate M. Loewenthal
Edited by
Dinesh Bhugra  and
Kamaldeep Bhui
Dinesh Bhugra
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
Kamaldeep Bhui
Affiliation:
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry , pp. 59 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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