"The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back": African American Women's Strategies for Disengaging from Abusive Relationships

Women and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 79-94

  Taylor, Janette Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Blacks; Relationship termination; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036993446     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v25n03_06     Document Type: Article

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