title: The relationship between intimate partner violence and other forms of family and societal violence.
abstract: Intimate partner violence was previously considered a private matter sometimes requiring law enforcement intervention. It is increasingly accepted as not only a medical issue for the victim, but a public and safety issue. Some of these other related issues, including unplanned pregnancy, same-sex relationships, overlap with elder, child, and animal abuse, and effects on workplace and school violence are explored. Screening, medical manifestations, documentation, reporting intervention, and referral are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brody School of Medicine-ECU, 3ED317, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. goodmanp@ecu.edu
authors.forename: Peggy E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D012449:Safety