Healing the wounds of domestic abuse: Improving the effectiveness of feminist therapeutic interventions with immigrant and racially visible women who have been abused

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1405-1428

  Sharma, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035636237     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10778010122183928     Document Type: Article

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