"Like a wounded bird": Older battered women's life experiences with intimate violence

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 23-44

  Buchbinder, Eli ^a   Winterstein, Tova ^b  

^a School of Social Work   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Elder abuse; Old battered women; Wife abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444253856     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v15n02_02     Document Type: Review

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