title: Recognizing and intervening in intimate partner violence.
abstract: Intimate partner violence is as prevalent as many conditions for which we routinely screen. Yet intimate partner violence remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Physicians and other health care workers are in a unique position to detect it and intervene. This article reviews what we can do, what we should do, and what we legally and ethically must do.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, Women's Health Center at The Gault Women's Health and Breast Pavilion, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. kaurg@ccf.org
authors.forename: Gurjit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herbert
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology