Racial differences in battered women's experiences and preferences for treatment from physicians

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 259-265

  Hamberger, L Kevin ^a,b   Ambuel, Bruce ^a   Guse, Clare E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Racine Family Practice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Healthcare; Physician interventions; Racial differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547329329     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9071-5     Document Type: Article

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