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Care and the luxury of trauma: A South African story

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Leslie Swartz*
Affiliation:
Alan J. Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Leslie Swartz, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected]

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Essay/Personal Reflections
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