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Persons > Women > Battered Women

Preferred term

Battered Women  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abused Woman
  • Abused Women
  • Battered Woman
  • Woman, Abused
  • Woman, Battered
  • Women, Abused
  • Women, Battered

Note

  • prefer SPOUSE ABUSE for battering of wives; check tags HUMANS & FEMALE

Scope note

  • Women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period, usually by a husband or other dominant male figure. Characteristics of the battered woman syndrome are helplessness, constant fear, and a perceived inability to escape. (From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3d ed)

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018585

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