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. 2003 Sep 20;327(7416):673-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7416.673.

Routinely asking women about domestic violence in health settings

Ann Taket  1 , Jo Nurse, Katrina Smith, Judy Watson, Judy Shakespeare, Vicky Lavis, Katie Cosgrove, Kate Mulley, Gene Feder
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Routinely asking women about domestic violence in health settings

Ann Taket et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Health professionals are ideally placed to identify domestic violence but cannot do so without training on raising the issue and knowledge of advice and support services

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