Domestic violence screening in medical and mental health care settings: Overcoming barriers to screening, identifying, and helping partner violence victims

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 61-99

  Hamberger, L Kevin ^a,b   Phelan, Mary Beth ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Racine Family Practice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to domestic violence screening; Domestic violence; Health care screening

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; VICTIM;

EID: 33845736408     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v13n03_04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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