Authors’ reply to Whitehouse and Fabre

The fact that US healthcare policy, including such distinguished organisations as the Institute of Medicine and US Preventive Task Force, recommends screening for intimate partner violence continues to surprise us in the absence of evidence for its effectiveness.Competing interests: GF chaired and K...

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Published inBMJ (Online) Vol. 348; no. jun18 8; p. g3943
Main Authors O’Doherty, Lorna J, Taft, Angela, Hegarty, Kelsey, Ramsay, Jean, Davidson, Leslie L, Feder, Gene
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 18.06.2014
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Domestic violence
Female
Health care policy
Humans
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Mass Screening
Preventive medicine
Spouse Abuse - diagnosis
Spouse Abuse - psychology
Task forces
United States > US
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Summary:The fact that US healthcare policy, including such distinguished organisations as the Institute of Medicine and US Preventive Task Force, recommends screening for intimate partner violence continues to surprise us in the absence of evidence for its effectiveness.Competing interests: GF chaired and KH was part of the guideline development group of the WHO responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women guidelines; GF chaired the programme development group of the UK NICE domestic violence and abuse guidelines.
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ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.g3943