Beliefs of Sri Lankan medical students about wife beating

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-49

  Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^a   De Zoysa, Piyanjali ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Beliefs about wife beating; Sri Lanka; Students of medicine; Wife abuse; Wife beating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SRI LANKA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33751315962     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506294995     Document Type: Article

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