"Keeping up a front": Narratives about intimate partner violence, pregnancy, and antenatal care

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-206

  Edin, Kerstin E ^a   Dahlgren, Lars ^a   Lalos, Ann ^a   Högberg, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Spouse abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SWEDEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549096456     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209355703     Document Type: Article

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