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Treatment guidelines for healthcare providers’ interventions with domestic violence victims: experience from the USA
Author(s) -
Buel S.M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00042-5
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , domestic violence , health care , nursing , medicine , business , public relations , family medicine , suicide prevention , political science , medical emergency , poison control , law
In this article, the author shares her own personal experience with the health sector and the recommendations made in the United States for universal screening for violence of women in the health sector. Healthcare providers can greatly assist patients impacted by domestic violence by implementing the interventions recommended.