Recognizing and intervening in intimate partner violence
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2005 May;72(5):406-409, 413-414, 417, 421-422
May 1, 2005|Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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ABSTRACTIntimate partner violence is as prevalent as many conditions for which we routinely screen. Yet intimate partner violence remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Physicians and other health care workers are in a unique position to detect it and intervene. This article reviews what we can do, what we should do, and what we legally and ethically must do.
