Identifying factors that predict women's inability to maintain separation from an abusive partner

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 838-850

  Abdulmohsen Alhalal, Eman ^a   Ford Gilboe, Marilyn ^a   Kerr, Mickey ^a   Davies, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NURSING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MARRIAGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84870911715     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.714054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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