Screening for domestic violence in an oncology clinic: Barriers and potential solutions

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-633

  Owen Smith, Ashli ^a   Hathaway, Jeanne ^b   Roche, Maria ^c   Gioiella, Marie Elena ^c   Whall Strojwas, Denise ^c   Silverman, Jay ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 53449096044     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.ONF.625-633     Document Type: Article

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