Internal barriers to help seeking for middle-aged and older women who experience intimate partner violence

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 53-74

  Beaulaurier, Richard L ^a   Seff, Laura R ^a   Newman, Frederick L ^a   Dunlop, Burton ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to help seeking; Domestic abuse; Domestic violence; Elder abuse; Intimate partner abuse; Older women; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747831830     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v17n03_04     Document Type: Article

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