"The issue is you have got a busy family practice, and doctors screen these women and women get emotional and then you don't have anything to offer them,"
Yes- isn't it terrible when your patients get emotional and need you to respond to them as fellow humans? Any practictioner can comfort the patient and then take a moment to walk through developing a safety plan if the woman isn't ready to leave yet. WebMD lays out a simple safety plan in steps that anyone could use in just a few minutes. http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/tc/domestic-violence-developing-a-safety-plan
Nurse-Midwifeof MS11:06AM May 17, 2012
I am not sure how 'screening' is going to Prevent abuse. By the time the 'screening' takes place, so has the abuse.
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