Building and sustaining local co-ordination: An Australian rural community responds to domestic and family violence

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-62

  Wendt, Sarah ^a  

^a School of Social Work and Social Policy   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Co ordination; Domestic violence; Family violence; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649109218     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn114     Document Type: Article

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