Screening for intimate partner violence within a health care setting: A systematic review of the literature

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Trabold, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Intimate partner violence; Safety; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BATTERED WOMAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BATTERED WOMEN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548126556     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n01_01     Document Type: Review

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