@article{ref1,
title="Mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence to police: views of physicians in California",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="1999",
author="Rodriguez, Michael A. and McLoughlin, Elizabeth and Bauer, Heidi M. and Paredes, V. and Grumbach, K.",
volume="89",
number="4",
pages="575-578",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study examined physicians' perspectives on mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence to police. METHODS: We surveyed a stratified random sample of California physicians practicing emergency, family, and internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology. RESULTS: An estimated 59% of California primary care and emergency physicians (n = 508, 71% response rate) reported that they might not comply with the reporting law if a patient objects. Primary care physicians reported lower compliance. Most physicians agreed that the legislation has potential risks, raises ethical concerns, and may provide benefits. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians' stated noncompliance and perceived negative consequences raise the possibility that California's mandatory reporting law is problematic and ineffective.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}