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AUTHOR
Inka Koistinen
Finnish Health Care Professionals’ Views of Patients Who Experience Family Violence
1. Inka Koistinen[1][1] 2. Juha Holma[1][1] 1. 1University of Jyvaskyla, Finland 1. Juha Holma, Department of Psychology, Psychotherapy Training and Research Center, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Jyvaskyla, 40014 Finland. Email: juha.m.holma{at}jyu.fi The aim of this study was to examine the beliefs health care personnel have about patients who experience family violence. This was done by analyzing the positions constructed for such patients using content analysis. The data comprise six focus groups conducted with physicians, nurses, social workers, and psychologists working in a maternity unit, a psychiatric ward, and an emergency department. The research team collected the data in…
Positions constructed in specialist health care for patients experiencing intimate partner violence
The aim of this study was to examine the positions that health personnel in specialist health care construct for patients experiencing intimate partner violence. It was also studied whether these constructed positions were challenged by other health care professionals and if so, how. The method of analysis chosen was discourse analysis. The data in this study was part of a larger development and research project Violence Intervention in Specialist Health Care (VISH), which was funded by the EU Daphne III Program in 2009–2010. The data consisted of six focus group interviews collected in 2006 in Jyväskylä, Finland. In these interviews specialist health care personnel discussed how they encou…