Discussing partner abuse: Does doctor's gender really matter?

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-586

  Lo Fo Wong, Sylvie H ^a   Jonge, Ank De ^a   Wester, Fred ^b   Mol, Saskia S L ^c   Römkens, Renée R ^d   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family physician; Focus group; Gender; Intimate partner abuse; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT CARE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; WITNESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33748798859     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml004     Document Type: Article

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