General practitioner management of intimate partner abuse and the whole family: Qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7440, 2004, Pages 618-621

  Taft, Angela ^a   Broom, Dorothy H ^b   Legge, David ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 1542614351     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38014.627535.0b     Document Type: Article

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