Staff burnout in Israeli battered women’s shelters

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 65-76

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Peled, Einat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Battered women shelters; Domestic violence intervention; Staff burnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034410163     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v26n03_04     Document Type: Article

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