Acknowledging a persistent truth: Domestic violence in pregnancy

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 358-363

  Cook, Joanna ^a   Bewley, Susan ^b  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD HEALTH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OFFENDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 49649117482     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.080002     Document Type: Review

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