Female patients report on health care staff's disobedience of ethical principles

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 830-836

  Swahnberg, Katarina ^a   Wijma, Barbro ^a   Liss, Per Erik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abuse in health care; NorAQ; Principle based ethics; Structural violence; ViolEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORVOLD ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT RIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF; SWEDEN; VIOLATIONS OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745604002     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340500442613     Document Type: Article

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