Physician practices in response to intimate partner violence in southern India: Insights from a qualitative study

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-185

  Chibber, Karuna Sridharan ^a   Krishnan, Suneeta ^b,c   Minkler, Meredith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clinic interventions; Intimate partner violence; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATTERED WOMEN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953867266     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2010.550993     Document Type: Article

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