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The Role of the Physician When a Patient Discloses Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: A Literature Review

Brian Penti, Joanne Timmons and David Adams
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2018, 31 (4) 635-644; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170440

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