Violence Against Women: Unveiling the Suffering of Women with a Low Income in Jordan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Oweis, Arwa ^a   Gharaibeh, Muntaha ^a   al Natour, Ahlam ^b   Froelicher, Erika ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abused women; culture; domestic violence; Jordan; unveiling suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 59749095854     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608325848     Document Type: Article

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