The health-systems response to violence against women

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9977, 2015, Pages 1567-1579

  García Moreno, Claudia ^a   Hegarty, Kelsey ^b   D'Oliveira, Ana Flavia Lucas ^c   Koziol Mclain, Jane ^d   Colombini, Manuela ^e   Feder, Gene ^f  

^a World Health Organization3 ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COORDINATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEADERSHIP; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SUPPORT GROUP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84928403868     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61837-7     Document Type: Review

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