| Domestic violence--a comparison of activities in the health care sector in Brazil and Germany. | |
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PMID: 15552227 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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During the last decades an, international discussion has started on how to reduce the gender gap in women's and men's health. Feminist activists and public health scientists in Canada, Latin America (foremost Brazil), the States and South Africa issued a declaration of intention to focus on health impacts caused by gender-related domestic violence. In Europe, and particularly in Germany, the topic as an issue of medical care has lately been given increased attention. In this article, we present activities undertaken to overcome the obstacles in integrating the topic of domestic violence as a medical issue. The successful Brazilian strategy served as a model, in particular for implementing a hot-line for victims of domestic violence within the day-to-day clinical setting. The General Medical Council (Arztekammer), the Women's Medical Association of Lower-Saxony, and the Hanover Medical School founded a working committee "domestic violence" in co-operation with the Ministry of Women, Work and Social Affairs. Between 2002 and 2003, this task force worked out several guidelines and hand-outs for physicians to promote gender-sensitive treatment of abused women, gaining increasing acceptance by the German medical care providers in medical education and in-training services for physicians. |
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Authors:
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Brigitte Lohff; Angelika Voss |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) Volume: 154 ISSN: 0043-5341 ISO Abbreviation: Wien Med Wochenschr Publication Date: 2004 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-11-19 Completed Date: 2005-02-18 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8708475 Medline TA: Wien Med Wochenschr Country: Austria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 404-10 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of History, Ethics, and Philosophy of Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany. lohff.brigitte@mh-hannover.de |
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Brazil Cross-Cultural Comparison* Cross-Sectional Studies Female Gender Identity Germany Humans Interpersonal Relations* Male Physician-Patient Relations Spouse Abuse / prevention & control*, statistics & numerical data Women's Health |
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