Routinely asking women about domestic violence in health settings

BMJ. 2003 Sep 20;327(7416):673-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7416.673.

Abstract

Health professionals are ideally placed to identify domestic violence but cannot do so without training on raising the issue and knowledge of advice and support services

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Domestic Violence / prevention & control
  • Domestic Violence / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Health Status
  • Humans
  • Medical History Taking
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Primary Health Care
  • Spouse Abuse / diagnosis*
  • Spouse Abuse / prevention & control
  • Spouse Abuse / statistics & numerical data
  • United Kingdom