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The management of sexual assault victims at Odi District Hospital in the North-West Province: How can the quality of hospital care be improved?

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 50 , issue 6 , 2008 , pages: 45–45d

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2008.10873783

Author(s): MC Changwa Odi Hospital, , MK Pather Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Sciences,

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Abstract

Background: This six-month study at Odi Hospital in the district of Mabopane in the North-West Province was undertaken to gain insight into the way in which alleged sexual assault victims experienced the treatment they received from doctors, nurses and others and how the quality of the care they received can be improved.

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