Battered bodies & shattered minds: Violence against women in Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-354

  Wahed, Tania ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Policies; Sexual abuse; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEFT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; RAPE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 36749011763     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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