Primary health care physicians' response to the victims of spousal violence against women in Pakistan

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 811-832

  Zakar, Rubeena ^a   Zakar, Muhammad Zakria ^a,b   Kraemer, Alexander ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 80051623019     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.569042     Document Type: Article

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