PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - OPENING PANDORA BOX

被引:445
作者
SUGG, NK
INUI, T
机构
[1] UNIV WASHINGTON,DIV GEN INTERNAL MED,SEATTLE,WA 98195
[2] ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON CLIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM,SEATTLE,WA
来源
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 1992年 / 267卷 / 23期
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10.1001/jama.267.23.3157
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objective. - To explore primary care physicians'experiences with domestic violence victims to determine the barriers to problem recognition and intervention in the primary care setting. Design. - Ethnography, a qualitative research method involving the use of open-ended, semistructured interviews. Setting. - An urban health maintenance organization serving a predominantly white, middle-income population. Participants. - Thirty-eight physicians, predominantly family practitioners (89%), were interviewed. Results. - Analysis of the interviews revealed that physicians found exploring domestic violence in the clinical setting analogous to "opening Pandora's box." Their issues include lack of comfort, fear of offending, powerlessness, loss of control, and time constraints. Conclusion. - This study revealed several barriers that physicians perceived as preventing them from comfortably intervening with domestic violence victims. These issues need to be addressed in training programs. Further studies should be done to assess generalizability of these findings to other groups of physicians.
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页码:3157 / 3160
页数:4
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