Services for adults who have experienced child sexual assault: Improving agency response

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1755-1763

  Gibbons, Jill ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Child sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0030560738     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00070-6     Document Type: Article

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