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: October 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780789019547
Subjects: Domestic violence; Surgery; 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.