A meta-summary of qualitative findings about professional services for survivors of sexual violence

Qualitative Report

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-506

  Martsolf, Donna S ^a   Draucker, Claire B ^a   Cook, Christina B ^a   Ross, Ratchneewan ^a   Stidham, Andrea Warner ^a   Mweemba, Prudencia ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Professional services; Qualitative meta summary; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953031094     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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