On the lived experience of battered women residing in shelters

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-109

  Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^a   Cohen, Hilla Chaya ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lived experience; Shelters for battered women; Staying at a shelter; Wife battering

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149488985     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9214-3     Document Type: Article

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