Experiences of emergency care by the women exposed to acute physical intimate partner violence from the Finnish perspective

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-36

  Leppäkoski, Tuija ^a   Paavilainen, Eija ^a   Åstedt Kurki, Päivi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Emergency department; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 78650524679     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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