Identifying and responding to men who use violence in their intimate relationships

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 176-181

  Hegarty, Kelsey ^a   Forsdike Young, Kirsty ^a   Tarzia, Laura ^a   Schweitzer, Ron ^b,c   Vlais, Rodney ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b East Bentleigh Medical Group   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d No To Violence and Men's Referral Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR;

GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84973160168     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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