A protocol to diagnose intimate partner violence in the emergency department

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1101-1105

  Halpern, Leslie R ^a,c   Perciaccante, Vincent J ^b   Hayes, Catherine ^a   Susarla, Seenu ^a   Dodson, Thomas B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic protocol; Injuries; Intimate partner violence; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK INJURY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646874796     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000218247.58465.db     Document Type: Article

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