Guidelines for managing domestic abuse when male and female partners are patients of the same physician
Article Abstract:
An expert panel assisted by a consulting group and patient focus groups has developed guidelines for physicians dealing with domestic violence when the victim and perpetrator are both patients of the physician. The physician should not worry about a conflict of interest but should keep all information confidential. Each person should be seen separately and should not be counseled together unless the violence has ended and the physician can avoid escalating the violence. Physicians who feel unable or unqualified to treat such couples should refer them to another physician.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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The Intervention
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A medical student recounts her experience treating a woman with a significant history of abuse by boyfriends and her mother. She went to the doctor with symptoms of sexually transmitted disease, of which she had had extensive experience during several years as a prostitute. Her failure to use condoms placed her at risk of HIV infection. Abused women typically require seven interventions before they will leave an abusive relationship.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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Facing the future
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A medical student describes his experience with dissecting a human body as a tribal ritual. He is unable to distance himself from the corpse in the exploration for knowledge. Her features remind him of his family and previous dates while at the same time he knows this woman will never do anything like that again. He feels that the corpse makes him confront his own mortality.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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