"Other patients are really in need of medical attention"--the quality of health services for rape survivors in South Africa.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on July 01, 2005

Authors

Nicola J Christofides1, Rachel K Jewkes, Naomi Webster, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Naeema Abrahams, Lorna J Martin

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council, Gender and Health Group, Private Bag X385, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. nicola.chris@mrc.ac.za

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