Strength in Adversity: Motherhood for Women Who Have Been Battered

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 47-57

  Irwin, Lori G ^a   Thorne, Sally ^b   Varcoe, Colleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Capacity building; Motherhood; Woman abuse

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PARENTING;

EID: 0036988970     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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