Intimate partner violence against women with disabilities: Implications for disability service system case management practice

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-199

  Slayter, Elspeth ^a  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Family violence; Partner abuse; Social work practice; Wife abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749121200     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770802675668     Document Type: Article

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