A health inequalities perspective on violence against women

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-127

  Humphreys, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural disadvantage; Domestic violence; Gender based violence; Health inequalities; Poverty; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846909557     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00685.x     Document Type: Review

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