An emergency medicine approach to violence throughout the life cycle
Title
An emergency medicine approach to violence throughout the life cycle
Creator
Muelleman R L; Reuwer J; Sanson T G; Gerson L; Woolard B; Yancy A H; Bernstein E
Publisher
Academic Emergency Medicine
Date
1996
1996-07
Description
This document by the SAEM Public Health and Education Committee outlines the public health impact of interpersonal violence as it pertains to acute emergency care. This paper provides an overview of violence through the life cycle (i.e., child abuse, youth violence, intimate violence, and elderly abuse). It also makes specific recommendations regarding the role emergency physicians can play in reducing violence through medical education, research, surveillance, public education, advocacy, and clinical practice.
Subject
children; death; domestic violence; elder abuse; Emergency Medicine; Health; injury; outcomes; physician; prevalence; SAEM position paper; special contribution; trauma; victims; violence; women
Identifier
Format
Journal Article
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Rights
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Pages
708-715
Issue
7
Volume
3
Citation
Muelleman R L; Reuwer J; Sanson T G; Gerson L; Woolard B; Yancy A H; Bernstein E, “An emergency medicine approach to violence throughout the life cycle,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed April 17, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/6587.