Intimate partner violence and women with disabilities: Toward bringing visibility to an unrecognized population

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Barranti, Chrystal C R ^a   Yuen, Francis K O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Abuse of the helping relationship; Disability related abuse; Feminist disability theory; Intimate partner violence; Women with disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 62849109916     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15367100802081169     Document Type: Article

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