Mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence to police: views of physicians in California |
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Authors: | Rodriguez M A McLoughlin E Bauer H M Paredes V Grumbach K |
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Affiliation: | Pacific Center for Violence Prevention, San Francisco, Calif., USA. rodrigu@itsa.ucsf.edu |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: This study examined physicians' perspectives on mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence to police. METHODS: We surveyed a stratified random sample of California physicians practicing emergency, family, and internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology. RESULTS: An estimated 59% of California primary care and emergency physicians (n = 508, 71% response rate) reported that they might not comply with the reporting law if a patient objects. Primary care physicians reported lower compliance. Most physicians agreed that the legislation has potential risks, raises ethical concerns, and may provide benefits. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians' stated noncompliance and perceived negative consequences raise the possibility that California's mandatory reporting law is problematic and ineffective. |
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