Simplifying physicians' response to domestic violence

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 329-331

  Gerbert, Barbara ^a   Moe, James ^a   Caspers, Nona ^a   Salber, Patricia ^b   Feldman, Mitchell ^a   Herzig, Karen ^a   Bronstone, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Permanente Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BATTERING; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0034030864     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.5.329     Document Type: Review

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