Triple trouble: Battered women of color-"being black, being battered and being female . . . I ask myself, where do I begin?"

Journal of Emotional Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 77-96

  Geller, Janet A ^a   Miller, Jacqueline ^b   Churchill, Patricia ^b  

^a JBFCS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abuse; Battered women; Domestic violence; Gender; Race; Women of color

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; CLERGY; CONFLICT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33750523618     PISSN: 10926798     EISSN: 15404714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J135v06n02_06     Document Type: Review

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