Cultural sensitivity in screening adults for a history of childhood abuse: Evidence from a community sample

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-373

  Thombs, Brett D ^a,e   Bennett, Wendy ^a   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^a   Bernstein, David P ^b   Scher, Christine D ^c   Forde, David R ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Memphis   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Childhood abuse; Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD ABUSE; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250309194     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0026-y     Document Type: Article

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