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• All Walks Of Life

  http://www.awol-texas.org/
  A source for prevention, response and research news on violence To people with disabilities.

• Case Studies in Partner Violence

  http://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/1201/p2569.html
  American Academy of Family Physicians.

• Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence

  http://www.caepv.org/
  A national non-profit organization with a mission to education and aid in the prevention of partner violence.

• Documenting Domestic Violence: How Health Care Providers Can Help Victims

  http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/188564.pdf
  A well documented medical record can strengthen domestic violence cases when they are brought to court. It constitutes third-party factual evidence corroborating or establishing that abuse has occurred and may be useful to pro se litigants in a variety of less formal legal contexts. [PDF]

• Domestic Violence CME Course: Online CME from the Virtual Lecture Hall

  http://www.vlh.com/shared/courses/course_info.cfm?courseno=62
  Offering truly interactive, online Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses and AMA Category 1 credits for physicians.

• Forensic Nursing Techniques

  http://nursing.advanceweb.com/common/Editorial/Editorial.aspx?CC=40302
  Information on screening for violence in a medical setting.

• GAO Report on Pregnant Women and Domestic Violence

  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02530.pdf
  Violence Against Women: Data on Pregnant Victims and Effectiveness of Prevention Strategies. Report from the General Accounting Office in PDF format.

• Risk Factors for Injury to Women from Domestic Violence

  http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199912163412505
  Article - New England Journal of Medicine

• The Role of the Pediatrician in Recognizing and Intervening on Behalf of Abused Women (RE9748)

  http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics%3B101/6/1091
  Pediatricians are in a position to recognize abused women in pediatric settings. Intervening on behalf of battered women is an active form of child abuse prevention. Knowledge of local resources and state laws for reporting abuse are emphasized. American Academy of Pediatrics

• Understanding The Victims of Spousal Abuse by Frank Ochberg

  http://www.drirene.com/understanding.htm
  Article by Frank M. Ochberg, MD, adjunct professor of psychiatry, criminal justice and journalism at Michigan State University. Author of Post Traumatic Therapy and Victims of Violence.

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