Open AccessIntimate Partner Violence and a Pandemic: What Healthcare Workers Need to Know
Author(s) -
Bethany Davis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2689-0143
pISSN - 2641-4716
DOI - 10.33940/med/2020.9.5
Subject(s) - quarantine , domestic violence , pandemic , covid-19 , health care , need to know , medical emergency , criminology , medicine , suicide prevention , environmental health , psychology , business , poison control , political science , law , virology , computer security , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , outbreak , computer science
Our nation and the entire world have been experiencing the impact of quarantine due to COVID-19. Patients and families of Virginia Mason have limited their travel to and from procedures and appointments due to restrictions and precautionary measures. COVID has the dual risk of both increasing domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as preventing victims from receiving help due to quarantine.