The secrets women keep: Intimate partner violence screening in the female trauma patient

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 320-323

  Hewitt, Lisa N ^a   Bhavsar, Premal ^c   Phelan, Herb A ^b  

^a PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Female; Intimate partner violence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADULT; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951641303     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820958d3     Document Type: Article

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