'How can we help when she won't tell us what's wrong?' Professionals working with South Asian women who have experienced sexual abuse

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-188

  Reavey, Paula ^a   Ahmed, Bipasha ^b   Majumdar, Anamika ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Dilemmas; Discourse; Experience; Professionals; Service provision; Sexual abuse; Socially grounded; South Asian women; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744517667     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.856     Document Type: Review

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