The feasibility of screening for intimate partner violence during postpartum home visits

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-170

  Jack, Susan M ^a   Jamieson, Ellen ^a   Wathen, C Nadine ^b   MacMillan, Harriet L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Home care services; Mothers; Public health nursing; Universal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 49649126937     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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