Perceptions of Options Available for Victims of Physical Intimate Partner Violence in Northern India

Violence Against Women

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 652-675

  Ragavan, Maya ^a   Iyengar, Kirti ^b   Wurtz, Rebecca ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Action Research and Training for Health   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

intimate partner violence; semistructured interviews; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CRIME VICTIM; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CRIME VICTIMS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

EID: 84927714173     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801215573332     Document Type: Article

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