@article{ref1,
title="Patients presenting with fresh trauma after interpersonal violence. Part II. Assault history",
journal="South African medical journal SAMJ",
year="1997",
author="Stein, Dan J. and Boshoff, D. and Traut, A. and Daniels, F. and Abrahams, H. and de Bruyn, J. H. and van der Spuy, J.",
volume="87",
number="8",
pages="999-1000",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Patients presenting with fresh trauma are frequently victims of interpersonal violence. Nevertheless, few South African studies have documented the history surrounding such assaults and their management. METHODS: Patients presenting with fresh trauma to the Trauma Unit of Tygerberg Hospital were selected in order to provide a representative sample. Where patients were victims of interpersonal violence, a history of the current and previous assault(s) was taken. RESULTS: Victims of interpersonal violence often reported that they had been involved in such violence on previous occasions. Nevertheless, these patients had rarely received management from psychosocial services. Patients with a previous history of having been assaulted had a number of distinct characteristics, including female gender and increased substance use. CONCLUSIONS: Trauma has justifiably been described as a recurrent disease. There is an urgent need for effective psychosocial services for victims of interpersonal violence; ideally, this would prevent future multiple hospital admissions.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-2469",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}