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Violence in Intimate Relationships and the Practicing Internist: New “Disease” or New Agenda?
- Elaine J. Alpert, MD, MPH
- From Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. For the current author address, see end of text. Requests for Reprints: Elaine J. Alpert, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, 80 East Concord Street, Boston, MA 02118-2394.
Abstract
Domestic violence is endemic in U.S. society and is seen in nearly every venue of medical care. A history of abuse should be considered and routinely queried in all women who present for emergency care, should be suspected in any woman who presents with an injury, and should be routinely screened for in primary care settings.
- Copyright ©2004 by the American College of Physicians
