Ren and Yuan: A Cultural Interpretation of Chinese Women's Responses to Battering

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 63-79

  Tiwari, Agnes ^a   Wong, Margaret ^b   Ip, Heidi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Harmony House   (Hong Kong)

^c Queen Mary Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0035756491     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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