Violence Against Women a Physician's Guide to Identification and Management

A comprehensive guide for primary care physicians, covering such clinical issues as screening, management and referrals. The needs of special populations are discussed, including the elderly, pregnant women, lesbians amd immigrant populations. The book concludes with a series of clinical vignettes that describe in detail some hypothetical physician-patient interactions, and demonstrate ways that a practitioner can intervene in the recognition and management of patients who could be at risk from violence in these various settings.