@article{ref1,
title="Recognizing and reporting domestic violence: A survey of dental practitioners",
journal="Special Care in Dentistry",
year="1994",
author="McDowell, John D. and Kassebaum, Denise K. and Fryer, George E.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="49-53",
abstract="A survey was sent to 1,000 Colorado dentists to evaluate their recognition and reporting of child, elder, and spouse abuse. Approximately 40% of the dentists returned the survey. In answering questions about suspected and reported cases of child abuse, 29% of the respondents indicated that they had suspected at least one of their patients to be a victim of child abuse, while 14% of the respondents had actually reported at least one case. Only 7% of the responding dentists had ever suspected a case of elder abuse, while just over 1% indicated that they had reported at least one suspected elder abuse case to authorities. When asked about their recognition and reporting of spouse abuse, 30% of the responding practitioners had suspected at least one case, while only 3% had ever actually reported a case to authorities. The overwhelming majority of responding dentists indicated that they needed to know more about child, elder, and spouse abuse.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0275-1879",
doi="10.1111/j.1754-4505.1994.tb01099.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-4505.1994.tb01099.x"
}