Barriers to physician identification and treatment of family violence: Lessons from five communities

Academic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages S19-S25

  Cohen, Stu ^a,d   De Vos, Edward ^b,d   Newberger, Eli ^c  

^a Center for Violence Prevention and Control ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Violence Prevention and Control   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; THERAPY;

EID: 0031020270     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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