General practitioners' knowledge and practice in consultations with (potential) torture victims: a qualitative pilot study from Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the UN Committee Against Torture, all state parties to the Torture Convention have a responsibility to meet the rehabilitation needs of torture victims who have sought asylum within their borders. General practitioners (GPs) can play a crucial role in identifying torture victims and securing rehabilitation when needed. There is a pressing knowledge gap on the knowledge and practices of GPs vis-à-vis potentially tortured patients, and an urgent need for research that investigates GPs' practices of identification, referral, and rehabilitation - in Norway and beyond. This article presents an exploratory qualitative pilot study that investigates the experiences of GPs in Oslo vis-à-vis this patient group.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews with five exper

SUBMITTER: Anpalagan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552259 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature