Domestic violence during pregnancy: Midwives' experiences

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 498-504

  Mauri, Elisa Marta ^a   Nespoli, Antonella ^b   Persico, Giuseppina ^b   Zobbi, Virna Franca ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Midwives; Pregnancy; Universal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928588467     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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