The Medical Minute: Health care plays role in domestic abuse screening
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 14:28
in Health & Medicine
Domestic violence is a health care problem of epidemic proportions in Pennsylvania and across the country. Nationally, nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a current or former husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. The rates of abuse among adolescents and within lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities also are staggering.