I find myself at therapy's doorstep: Summary and suggested readings on violence in the lives of black women

Women and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 193-201

  West, Carolyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Blacks; Intervention; Rape; Sexual abuse; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036995661     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v25n03_15     Document Type: Article

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