TY - JOUR T1 - Homeless battered women experienced patterns of violence that represented phases in their abusive relationships JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 61 LP - 61 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.2.61 VL - 1 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/2/61.abstract N2 - Clarke PN, Pendry NC, Kim YS. Patterns of violence in homeless women. West J Nursing Res 1997 Aug; 19 : 490 –500. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science To describe the reported patterns of violence of homeless battered women and their experiences in seeking shelter.Exploratory qualitative study using semistructured interviews.An urban and a rural women's shelter in southeastern USA.7 women (age range 24–51 y) who had been battered by their male partner, were currently homeless because of battering, and were living in a shelter. 3 women were white and 4 were black. 4 women were unemployed. 3 were married, 2 had common law relationships, 1 was engaged to be married, and 1 had a boyfriend. All women had used alcohol or drugs in their most recent relationship. All women believed their homeless status was due to the extreme abuse they had experienced by their partner.Each woman participated in an individual semistructured interview conducted in a … ER -