Hearing the voices of abused older women

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 205-227

  Hightower, Jill ^a   Smith, M J Greta ^b   Hightower, Henry C ^c  

^a Hightower and Associates   (Canada)

^b BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Canada; Domestic violence; Elder abuse; Feminist framework; Older women

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMEN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746497298     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v46n03_12     Document Type: Article

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