Social services for battered women: Are they adequate, accessible, and appropriate?

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 695-704

  Davis, Liane V ^a   Hagen, Jan L ^b   Early, Theresa J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Grassroots coalitions; State agencies; Woman abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0028544824     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/39.6.695     Document Type: Article

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