A matter of life and death: The voices of domestic violence survivors

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-212

  Zosky, Diane ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; help seeking; survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957517384     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109911405494     Document Type: Article

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