Domestic Violence and Health Care
Subtitle: Policies and Prevention
Contributors: Carolina, M.D. Reyes (Editor); William J., Ph.D. Rudman (Editor); Calvin R. Hewitt (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Medical Press
Published: August 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780789019554
Subjects: Domestic violence; Personal & public health; Social Science; Medical care; Psychology; Sociology; Mental Illness; Human Services; Victims of family violence
First sentence: SUMMARY. Even though current domestic violence guidelines, such as those published by the AMA in 1992, attempt to relieve physicians of the "full burden on intervention," they continue to call upon physicians to play a large role in identifying, intervening in, and following up on case of partner abuse.