Enhancing the health care experiences of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Women and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 27-41

  Monahan, Kathleen ^a   Forgash, Carol ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA); Health care; Sexual abuse survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COOPERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VICTIM;

EID: 0033638242     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v30n04_03     Document Type: Article

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