A knowledge, attitudes, and practice survey among obstetrician- gynaecologists on intimate partner violence in Flanders, Belgium

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Roelens, Kristien ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^a   Van Egmond, Kathia ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SCREENING; BATTERED WOMAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INCIDENCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATTERED WOMEN; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33750911407     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-238     Document Type: Review

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