Overview
Family Violence: What Health Care Providers Need to Know will help health care providers see the big picture of family violence and how it impacts the health of patients who experience family violence. This book will be an important resource for both students and medical professionals such as, physician assistants, family practitioners, general internists, obstetricians, gynecologists, social workers, emergency room staff, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, dental professionals, and other health professionals. Family Violence: What Health Care Providers Need to Know includes validated screening tools, providing clinicians with the information they need to identify signs of abuse, communicate with victims and perpetrators, and take appropriate action.
Full Product Details
Author: Rose S. Fife ,
Sarina Schrager
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Imprint: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9780763780340
ISBN 10: 0763780340
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 21 January 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Author Information
Rose S. Fife, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Dean for Research, is Director of the Indiana University National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, one of only 20 such centers in the country so designated by the Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health. She is the Barbara F. Kampen Professor of Women's Health. Dr. Fife is Past-President of the Central Society for Clinical Research and Chair of the AAMC's Group for Research Advancement and Development. She also serves as Associate Editor of the journal Translational Medicine and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Women's Health. Dr. Fife is a member of the Committee on Ethics of the American College of Rheumatology and of a new AAMC task force on conflict of interest. She has served as a member of the NIH General Clinical Research Center Study Section and of the National Advisory Council on Nursing Research, NIH. Her area of research interest is the epidemiology of family violence. Dr. Schrager completed a family medicine residency and primary care women’s health fellowship at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL. She joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1996, subsequently obtaining a MS in population health at the university. Her academic focus includes the primary care of women, reproductive health, and teaching residents about intimate partner violence.
