Contextualized assessment with battered women: Strategic safety planning to cope with multiple harms?

Journal of Social Work Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-352

  Lindhorst, Taryn ^a   Macy, Rebecca J ^b   Nurius, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina School of Social Work   (United States)

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EID: 21644440380     PISSN: 10437797     EISSN: 21635811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5175/JSWE.2005.200200261     Document Type: Article

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