Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: Abridged Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  O'Doherty, Lorna J ^a   Taft, Angela ^b   Hegarty, Kelsey ^a   Ramsay, Jean ^c   Davidson, Leslie ^d   Feder, Gene ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84901052405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2913     Document Type: Article

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