Domestic violence: Knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice of selected UK primary healthcare clinicians

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 602, 2012, Pages

  Ramsay, Jean ^a   Rutterford, Clare ^a   Gregory, Alison ^b   Dunne, Danielle ^a   Eldridge, Sandra ^a   Sharp, Debbie ^b   Feder, Gene ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Domestic violence; Primary health care; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF EFFICACY; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84865813314     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X654623     Document Type: Article

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