Veterans of abuse and daughters of the dark: The politics of naming and risk of transformation in building partnerships for change

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Prescott, Laura ^a  

^a Sister Witness International   (United States)

Author keywords

Restraints; Seclusion; Self mutilation; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SURVIVOR;

BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLITICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0034236699     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2000.tb00699.x     Document Type: Article

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