Women marginalized by poverty and violence. How patient-physician relationships can help

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue OCT., 2004, Pages 1388-1394

  Woolhouse, Susan ^a,c   Brown, Judith Belle ^b   Lent, Barbara ^b  

^a Victoria Family Medical Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Victoria Family Medical Centre ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOUSING; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; WOMEN;

EID: 6444232073     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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