Recognizing and intervening in intimate partner violence

Gurjit Kaur; Linda Herbert

doi:10.3949/ccjm.72.5.406

Recognizing and intervening in intimate partner violence

Cleve Clin J Med. 2005 May;72(5):406-9, 413-4, 417 passim. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.72.5.406.

Authors

Gurjit Kaur¹, Linda Herbert

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Internal Medicine, Women's Health Center at The Gault Women's Health and Breast Pavilion, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. kaurg@ccf.org

PMID: 15929454
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.72.5.406

Abstract

Intimate 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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Prevalence
Primary Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Spouse Abuse / diagnosis*
Spouse Abuse / prevention & control*
Spouse Abuse / psychology