Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Christina Nicolaidis
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Letters6 July 2004Screening for Family and Intimate Partner ViolenceChristina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH, and the American Medical Women's Association and The Physicians Against Violence Interest Group of the Society of General Internal MedicineChristina Nicolaidis, MD, MPHFrom Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239.Search for more papers by this author, and the American Medical Women's Association and The Physicians Against Violence Interest Group of the Society of General Internal MedicineSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-1-200407060-00033 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:The USPSTF recommendation on screening for intimate partner violence (1, 2) and the accompanying editorial by Dr. Lachs (3) appear to frame the debate on assessing for intimate partner violence as evidence-based medicine versus humanism. Neither clinicians nor patients will be winners in that contest. With countless studies documenting the high prevalence of intimate partner violence and the morbidity, mortality, and health care costs attributed to it, there is no question that violence greatly influences the health of female patients. The Task Force focused on whether “screening” for intimate partner violence reduces future violence, but that is ...References1. Screening for family and intimate partner violence: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:382-6. [PMID: 14996680] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Nelson HD, Nygren P, McInerney Y, Klein J. Screening women and elderly adults for family and intimate partner violence: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:387-96. [PMID: 14996681] LinkGoogle Scholar3. Lachs MS. Screening for family violence: what's an evidence-based doctor to do? [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:399-400. [PMID: 14996683] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoScreening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: Recommendation StatementScreening for Family Violence: What's an Evidence-Based Doctor To Do? Mark S. Lachs Screening Women and Elderly Adults for Family and Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Heidi D. Nelson , Peggy Nygren , Yasmin McInerney , and Jonathan Klein Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence Esta Soler and Jacquelyn Campbell Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence Ned Calonge and Janet D. Allan Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence John C. Nelson and Carden Johnston Metrics Cited byIntimate partner violence, depression and overweight/obesity“You Always End up Feeling Like You’re Some Hypochondriac”: Intimate Partner Violence Survivors’ Experiences Addressing Depression and PainThe Veterans Health Administration and Military Sexual TraumaAccuracy of Five Domestic Violence Screening Questions With Nongraphic LanguagePhysical and Sexual Violence During Pregnancy and After Delivery: A Prospective Multistate Study of Women With or at Risk for HIV Infection 6 July 2004Volume 141, Issue 1Page: 81-82KeywordsAbdominal painAlcoholicsEvidence based medicineForecastingHealth careIntimate partner violenceMorbidityMortality ePublished: 6 July 2004 Issue Published: 6 July 2004 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2004 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...