Does health care provider screening for domestic violence vary by race and income?

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 844-855

  Weeks, Erin K ^a   Ellis, Shellie D ^a   Lichstein, Peter R ^a   Bonds, Denise E ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Domestic violence; Health care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 45749150278     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208320246     Document Type: Article

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