TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence to police: views of physicians in California
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Rodriguez, Michael A.
A1  - McLoughlin, Elizabeth
A1  - Bauer, Heidi M.
A1  - Paredes, V.
A1  - Grumbach, K.
SP  - 575
EP  - 578
VL  - 89
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -