Barriers to working with sexual assault survivors: A qualitative study of rape crisis center workers

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 412-443

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Townsend, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to service; Rape victim advocates; Sexual assault survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34147105956     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207299191     Document Type: Article

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