ISRN Nursing
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 510692, 7 pages
doi:10.5402/2011/510692
Research Article

Screening for Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Healthcare Sweden: Prevalence and Determinants

Stephen Lawoko,1 Sören Sanz,2 Lotti Helström,3 and Maaret Castren3

1Division of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
2Department of Emergency Medicine, Södersjukhuset, 18883 Stockholm, Sweden
3Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 26 September 2011; Accepted 31 October 2011

Academic Editor: S. Keeney

Copyright © 2011 Stephen Lawoko et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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