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The Trauma Risk Management approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in the British military: Masculinity, biopolitics and depoliticisation

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The Trauma Risk Management approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in the British military : Masculinity, biopolitics and depoliticisation. / Gray, Harriet Rosalind Colette.

In: Feminist Review, Vol. 111, No. 1, 01.11.2015, p. 109-123.

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Gray, HRC 2015, 'The Trauma Risk Management approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in the British military: Masculinity, biopolitics and depoliticisation', Feminist Review, vol. 111, no. 1, pp. 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.23

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Gray, H. R. C. (2015). The Trauma Risk Management approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in the British military: Masculinity, biopolitics and depoliticisation. Feminist Review, 111(1), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.23

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Gray HRC. The Trauma Risk Management approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in the British military: Masculinity, biopolitics and depoliticisation. Feminist Review. 2015 Nov 1;111(1):109-123. https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2015.23

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Gray, Harriet Rosalind Colette. / The Trauma Risk Management approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in the British military : Masculinity, biopolitics and depoliticisation. In: Feminist Review. 2015 ; Vol. 111, No. 1. pp. 109-123.

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