Help-seeking behaviour of Serbian women who experienced intimate partner violence

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-195

  Djikanović, Bosiljka ^a   Lo Fo Wong, Sylvie ^b   Jansen, Henrica A F M ^c   Koso, Silvia ^d   Simić, Snežana ^a   Otašević, Stanislava ^e   Lagro Janssen, Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Switzerland Operations Centre ^*

^d L'Office des Nations Unies a Geneve   (Switzerland)

^e Women's Health Promotion Centre   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Health care professionals; Help seeking behaviour; Intimate partner violence; Satisfaction; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERBIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRUST;

EID: 84859254393     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr061     Document Type: Article

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