Research ArticleOriginal Research

“They Told Me To Leave”: How Health Care Providers Address Intimate Partner Violence

Diane S. Morse, Ross Lafleur, Colleen T. Fogarty, Mona Mittal and Catherine Cerulli
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2012, 25 (3) 333-342; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110193

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