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DV and Health Care

Patricia R., M.D. Salber: The Physician's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse: A Reference for All Health Care Professionals
Ellen H. Taliaferro MD & Zita J. Surprenant; MD: Respond to Intimate Partner Violence - 10 Action Steps You Can Take to Help Your Patients and Your Practice
TK Logan: Intimate Partner Violence: A Clinical Training Guide for Mental Health Professionals (Springer Series on Family Violence)
Sana Loue: Intimate Partner Violence : Societal, Medical, Legal, and Individual Responses (Women's Health Issues) (Women's Health Issues)
Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well Being

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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Improving Your Response to Intimate Partner Violence

Kudos' to Editor Lisa Hoffman who published our article based on our book, Respond to Intimate Partner Violence: 10 Action Steps You Can Take to Help Your Patients and Your Practice, in the January issue of Emergency Medicine News. And double kudos to her for agreeing that we could disseminate the article to other publications after it was published in Emergency Medicine News. You can read the article by visiting the Emergency Medicine News website or by downloading it by clicking here.

The article will be published on this website in the next few days so that you can copy it and distribute it to publications you work with.

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DrT Speaks

Responding to domestic violence in the healthcare system.
Features the strategies needed to identify and respond to victims of domestic violence. Provides methods to integrate domestic violence screening into practice and the medical history. Covers medical documentation using charting, body maps, and photos. Safety assessment is stressed, as well as appropriate referral of patients who are victims of domestic violence.
Understanding Domestic Violence: Why we need a medical response
An in-depth overview of domestic violence, often referred to as intimate partner violence (IPV). Addresses commonly held myths and misconceptions. Presents the impact of domestic violence on patient health and the medical system.

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