Optimal methods to screen men and women for intimate partner violence: Results from an internal medicine residency continuity clinic

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2335-2352

  Kapur, Nitin A ^a   Windish, Donna M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

gender differences; intimate partner violence; screening methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959706321     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510383034     Document Type: Article

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