"Persist. Persist.": A qualitative study of women's decisions to disclose and their perceptions of the impact of routine screening for intimate partner violence

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-162

  Spangaro, Joanne M ^a   Zwi, Anthony B ^a   Poulos, Roslyn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

disclosure; domestic violence; intimate partner violence; routine screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953803093     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023136     Document Type: Article

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