Domestic violence assessment procedures among couple therapists

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Schacht, Rebecca L ^a   Dimidjian, Sona ^b   George, William H ^a   Berns, Sara B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DatStat Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149125620     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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