Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 8 , Pages 472-478 , August 2010

A comparison of the training needs of maternity and sexual health professionals in a London teaching hospital with regards to routine enquiry for domestic abuse

  • C. Torres-Vitolas

      Affiliations

    • King’s College London, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8WA, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • L.J. Bacchus

      Affiliations

    • Gender, Violence and Health Centre, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    • ,
  • G. Aston

      Affiliations

    • Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London, London, UK

Received 28 July 2009 ,Revised 11 March 2010 ,Accepted 13 April 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00120-4

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.003

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 8 , Pages 472-478 , August 2010

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