Barriers to Screening for Domestic Violence in an Emergency Department

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 24-33

  Heinzer, Marjorie M V ^a   Krimm, John R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battering; Domestic abuse; Domestic violence screening; Emergency department screening; Family violence; Intimate partner abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036549122     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200204000-00007     Document Type: Article

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