Attachment and Health Care Relationships in Low-Income Women with Trauma Histories: A Qualitative Study

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-208

  Green, Bonnie L ^a   Kaltman, Stacey I ^a   Chung, Joyce Y ^b   Holt, Melissa P ^c   Jackson, Sadhana ^d   Dozier, Mary ^e  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; low income women; primary care; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84858641673     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2012.642761     Document Type: Article

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