Care for emergency department patients who have experienced domestic violence: A review of the evidence base

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1736-1748

  Olive, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute care; Domestic violence; Emergency care; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34548284407     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01746.x     Document Type: Review

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