Striving to make a difference: Health care worker experiences with intimate partner violence clients in Tanzania

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 64-78

  Laisser, Rose M ^a   Lugina, Helen I ^a,b   Lindmark, Gunilla ^c   Nystrom, Lennarth ^d   Emmelin, Maria ^d  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b East Central and Southern African Health Community ^*  (Tanzania)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; TANZANIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 58149268858     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802523618     Document Type: Article

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