Does routine antenatal enquiry lead to an increased rate of disclosure of domestic abuse? Findings from the Bristol Pregnancy and Domestic Violence Programme

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 100-106

  Price, Sally ^a   Baird, Kathleen ^a   Salmon, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Disclosure; Domestic abuse; Domestic violence; Midwives; Pregnancy; Routine enquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651115883     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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