Women's experiences of, and preferences for, services after rape in South Africa: Interview study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7535, 2006, Pages 209-212

  Christofides, N J ^d   Muirhead, D ^a   Jewkes, R K ^d   Penn Kekana, L ^b   Conco, D N ^c  

^a AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RURAL AREA; SKILL; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 31644445110     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38664.482060.55     Document Type: Article

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