Opening the doors to disclosure. Childhood sexual abuse survivors reflect on telling physical therapists about their trauma

Physiotherapy

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 88-97

  Teram, Eli ^a   Schachter, Candice L ^a   Stalker, Carol A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse survivors; Client professional relations; Disclosure of childhood sexual abuse; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; TOUCH;

EID: 0033054460     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66128-7     Document Type: Article

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