Domestic violence within refugee families: Intersecting patriarchal culture and the refugee experience

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-284

  James, Kerrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Domestic violence; Human rights; Masculinity; Refugees; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149232668     PISSN: 0814723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/anft.31.3.275     Document Type: Article

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