Women's perceptions and experiences of routine enquiry for domestic violence in a maternity service

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-16

  Bacchus, Loraine ^a   Mezey, Gill ^a   Bewley, Susan ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE MIDWIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PREGNANT WOMAN; VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036371553     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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