Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 141-149 , March 2008

Prevalence of Experiences of Partner Violence Among Female Health Staff: Relevance to Awareness and Action When Meeting Abused Women Patients

  • Kristina Stenson, CNM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Kristina Stenson, National Center for Knowledge on Men’s Violence against Women, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: +46 18 6119860; fax: +46 18 507394.
    • Kristina Stenson, CNM, PhD, is a researcher at the National Center for Knowledge on Men’s Violence against Women (NCK) at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on violence against women, especially pregnant women’s experiences of violence and their attitudes to routine questioning about violence.
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  • Gun Heimer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gun Heimer, MD, PhD, is head and professor of the National Center for Knowledge on Men’s Violence against Women (NCK) at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on women’s medicine, with reference to domestic violence. Professor Heimer is also a member of the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research in Stockholm, Sweden.

Received 16 May 2007 ,Accepted 15 December 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00187-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.12.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 141-149 , March 2008

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