Guidelines for managing domestic abuse when male and female partners are patients of the same physician

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 851-857

  Ferris, Lorraine E ^a,b,c   Norton, Peter G ^b   Dunn, Earl V ^b,d   Gort, Elaine H ^b,c   Degani, Naushaba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA;

EID: 0030763401     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.10.851     Document Type: Article

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