Intimate male partner violence in the migration process: Intersections of gender, race and class

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-113

  Guruge, Sepali ^a   Khanlou, Nazilla ^b   Gastaldo, Denise ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b York University   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Class; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Migration process; Race; Sri Lanka; Tamils

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL VALUES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 72549115064     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05184.x     Document Type: Article

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