Intimate partner violence: A clinical review of screening and intervention

Women's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-539

  Gottlieb, Amy S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Partner abuse; Woman abuse

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DOCUMENTATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BATTERED WOMEN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 53749107070     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.4.5.529     Document Type: Review

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