Women service members, veterans, and their families: What we know now

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-28

  Mankowski, Mariann ^a   Everett, Joyce E ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Military children; Military families; Readjustment; Reintegration; Veterans; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARMY; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL WORK; UNEMPLOYMENT; VETERAN; ADULT; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955571188     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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