Domestic Violence: Physicians a Link to Prevention

Authors

Mary Guinan, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1990

Publication Title

Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association

Publisher Location

Reston, VA

Volume

45

First page number:

231

Last page number:

231

Abstract

Domestic violence may result in more injuries and fatalities for women than automobile crashes, muggings, and rapes combined, but according to a recent editorial, physicians largely ignore the problem. Evidence showed that a majority of women treated at an emergency facility for injuries resulting from violent acts of spouses or other persons known to the victims were discharged without any arrangement being made for their future safety. Physicians rarely inquired about an injury victim's past sexual or physical abuse, living arrangements, or future prospects of safety.

Keywords

Family violence – Prevention; Spousal abuse – Prevention

Disciplines

Family, Life Course, and Society | Public Health | Women's Health

Language

English

Comments

Best copy available

Permissions

Copyright American Medical Women’s Association used with permission

Repository Citation

Guinan, M. (1990). Domestic Violence: Physicians a Link to Prevention. Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 45 231-231. Reston, VA:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/community_health_sciences_fac_articles/68