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‘They just walk away’ – women’s perception of being silenced by antenatal health workers: a qualitative study on women survivors of domestic violence in Nepal

Poonam RishalDepartment of Public Health and General PracticeFaculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]

Sunil Kumar JoshiDepartment of Community MedicineKathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mirjam LukasseFaculty of Health SciencesDepartment of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Berit ScheiDepartment of Public Health and General PracticeFaculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

Katarina SwahnbergDepartment of Health and Caring SciencesFaculty of Health and Life Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

& on behalf of ADVANCE Study Group

Article: 31838 | Received 04 Apr 2016, Accepted 24 Oct 2016, Published online: 14 Dec 2016

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