title: [Partner violence: women trust health professionals].
abstract: In 2008, the department of gynaecology and obstetrics of a university hospital centre implemented a program addressing interpersonal partner violence (screening, prevention and care of the patient victims). A qualitative survey was conducted to identify the needs and feelings of patients. The results show that patients are in favour of being actively and directly questioned about violence during the consultation and that they trust medical doctors and nurses to help and support them.
authors.affiliation: Département de gynécologie, d'obstétrique et de génétique médicale, CHUV, Lausanne. raphaelle.burquier@hospvd.ch
authors.forename: Raphaelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burquier
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hofner
authors.forename: Mia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cepedes
authors.forename: Maria-Théresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Adjaho
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hohlfeld
authors.forename: Saira-Christine
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Renteria
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009774:Obstetrics; D018579:Patient Selection; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012947:Social Work; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland; D035502:Trust