title: Hospitals cope with America's new 'family value'.
abstract: It's not a new problem, but the attention it's getting is growing every day. Domestic violence, or family violence, a concept that encompasses child abuse, partner abuse, and elder abuse, is being understood more and more as a trauma to the nation's families. Very often it's hospitals, particularly hospital emergency departments, that are the first community organization that the abused person sees for examination or treatment. The question is, are hospitals prepared? In a comprehensive look at the problem and some possible approaches to solving it, Hospitals senior correspondent Frank Sabatino talks to the experts in every area touching on this complex, tragic societal issue.
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authors.lastname: Sabatino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D005192:Family Health; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence