TY - JOUR PY - 2006// TI - Domestic Violence Screening in Medical and Mental Health Care Settings -- Overcoming Barriers to Screening, Identifying, and Helping Partner Violence Victims JO - Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma A1 - Phelan, Mary Beth A1 - Hamberger, L. Kevin SP - 61 EP - 99 VL - 13 IS - 3 N2 - Health care providers and patients agree that domestic violence presents a serious health issue that falls within the purview of medical care. The patient-physician encounter has the potential to assist domestic violence victims in considering their options of living without violence and playing a critical role in preventing future violence. Despite this possibility, many persons evaluated in the health care system do not experience the benefits of such interactions. This article reviews current research that evaluates physician, patient, and systems barriers to providing care to patients experiencing domestic violence as well as gaps in the current research and suggestions for how these barriers might be overcome. Educational initiatives, implementation of protocols, and increasing environmental cues that prompt patients and physicians to discuss domestic violence may all increase the likelihood of screening and the success of interventions.

LA - SN - 1092-6771 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J146v13n03_04 ID - ref1 ER -