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. 2003 Dec 6;327(7427):1345.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7427.1345.

Routinely asking women about domestic violence: seeking the causes of disease, not routine inquiry, is good practice

Fiona Duxbury
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Routinely asking women about domestic violence: seeking the causes of disease, not routine inquiry, is good practice

Fiona Duxbury. BMJ. .
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