Should health professionals screen all women for domestic violence?
review · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 15526052.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 523827.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The US and Canadian task forces on preventive health recently declared that there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against routine universal screening of women for domestic violence. Yet some experts argue that routine enquiry is justified.
Medical subject headings
- Domestic Violence
- Mass Screening
- Women's Health