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Caring for a newly arrived Syrian refugee family

Kevin Pottie, Christina Greenaway, Ghayda Hassan, Charles Hui and Laurence J. Kirmayer
CMAJ February 16, 2016 188 (3) 207-211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151422
Kevin Pottie
Bruyère Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine (Pottie); Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases (Hui), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Infectious Disease (Greenaway); Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry (Kirmayer), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Psychology (Hassan), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Christina Greenaway
Bruyère Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine (Pottie); Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases (Hui), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Infectious Disease (Greenaway); Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry (Kirmayer), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Psychology (Hassan), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Ghayda Hassan
Bruyère Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine (Pottie); Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases (Hui), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Infectious Disease (Greenaway); Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry (Kirmayer), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Psychology (Hassan), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Charles Hui
Bruyère Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine (Pottie); Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases (Hui), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Infectious Disease (Greenaway); Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry (Kirmayer), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Psychology (Hassan), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Laurence J. Kirmayer
Bruyère Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine (Pottie); Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases (Hui), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Infectious Disease (Greenaway); Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry (Kirmayer), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Department of Psychology (Hassan), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Que.
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Kevin Pottie, Christina Greenaway, Ghayda Hassan, Charles Hui, Laurence J. Kirmayer
CMAJ Feb 2016, 188 (3) 207-211; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.151422

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