Conflict, crisis, and abuse in Dharavi, Mumbai: Experiences from six years at a Centre for Vulnerable Women and Children

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Daruwalla, Nayreen ^a   Fernandez, Armida ^a   Salam, Jenny ^a   Shaikh, Nikhat ^a   Osrin, David ^b  

^a Chota Sion Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 68049123377     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000088     Document Type: Review

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