"Aging out" of violence: The multiple faces of intimate violence over the life span

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-180

  Band Winterstein, Tova ^a   Eisikovits, Zvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Domestic abuse; Domestic violence; Older people; Relationships; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 58649101410     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308329305     Document Type: Article

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