Veterans' disclosure of trauma to healthcare providers

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-103

  Leibowitz, Ruth Q ^a   Jeffreys, Matthew D ^b,c   Copeland, Laurel A ^b,c   Noël, Polly H ^c,d  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Health communication; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39049125494     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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