Journal article
The role of the emergency physician in the prevention of domestic violence
Annals of emergency medicine, v 16(10), pp 1155-1161
1987
PMID: 3662163
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Abstract
In the United States, every 7.4 seconds a woman is battered by her husband. Of women who present to emergency departments with traumatic injuries, 16% to 30% report that their injuries were secondary to domestic violence. Not infrequently, battered women's medical and surgical problems are treated by ED staff and the women are released without any intervention directed toward the prevention of future battering and/or injury. Protocols are presented that require only minimal reorganization of staffing in EDs to provide essential services directed toward battered women's most serious health problem, chronic victimization.
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- Title
- The role of the emergency physician in the prevention of domestic violence
- Creators
- Susan V McLeer - Drexel UniversityRebecca AH Anwar - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Annals of emergency medicine, v 16(10), pp 1155-1161
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1987K311200011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0023630538
- Other Identifier
- 991019184289904721
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