title: Assessment of women for partner abuse.
abstract: Nearly 4 million women in the United States were physically hurt by their husbands or boyfriends in 1994. The health and well-being of these women and their children, as well as the women who are overlooked in these statistics, are jeopardized by past and current experiences with abuse within intimate relationships. Strategies for nurses in women's health care settings to screen women for current or past abuse within their intimate personal relationships, guidelines for effective responses to disclosure of abuse, and supportive interventions are described.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Maine, Orono 04469-5724, USA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Fishwick
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health