Forging community links to address abuse in lesbian relationships

Women and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 7-24

  Poorman, Paula B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic abuse; Intervention; Lesbian; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044528698     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J015v23n03_02     Document Type: Article

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