A brief counselling intervention by health professionals utilising the 'readiness to change' concept for women experiencing intimate partner abuse: The weave project

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 376-388

  Hegarty, Kelsey L ^a,c   O'Doherty, Lorna J ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a   Pierce, David ^a   Taft, Angela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Counseling; Education; Health professionals; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749148224     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.14.2-3.376     Document Type: Article

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