Retired-worker families: Worker only------------------------------------. Male ________________________________________--. Female ____________ ____________________--------. Worker and aged wife ____________________________ Survivor families: Aged widow---.---.---_------------------------. Widowed mother and 2 children ________________. Disabled-worker families: Worker only-----.___-----__------...

These are beautiful books that explore and celebrate different cultural ways that will be foreign to most 21st century readers who are living in a city with an urban lifestyle. Interestingly, they both depict their characters celebrating life and death. Alicia Potter’s title appropriately foreshadows the main character’s scattering of her husband’s ashes, while Nivola’s title suggests the impor...

We carried out a cross-sectional study with cluster random sampling to study the status of wife abuse in Esfahan from April to July 2002. We interviewed 386 married women using a standard questionnaire. Mean age was 35.7 years (range 15-78 years). Prevalence of wife abuse was 36.8%; incidence was 29.3%. Types of abuse included inattention to wife's feelings 44.8%, threatening to prevent communi...