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Peer reviewedDavis, Liane V. – Social Work, 1987
Traces changes in social workers' perspectives on the problem of wife abuse. Divides the changes into three time periods: discovering the problem (1976-79); consolidating the perspectives (1980-82); and transforming the problem of wife abuse (1983-84). Concludes increased focus on individual and couple treatment has deflected attention away from…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Battered Women, Counseling Theories, Counselor Attitudes
