Taking a pro-active approach: communicating with women experiencing violence from a known man in the emergency department.
Studies have shown that as many as 35% of women attending Accident and Emergency units do so as a result of their experience of violence from a known man. Far fewer women are currently identified as attending for those reasons. This article outlines the factors behind this discrepancy and describes how Accident and Emergency units can take a proactive approach, enabling staff to enable women to take positive steps towards living free from violence and abuse.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003142:Communication; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence