Citation

Lee R. Aust. Fam. Physician 2011; 40(11): 847.

Affiliation

MBBS, BA, MPH, FRACGP, is Medical Editor, Australian Family Physician, Board Director, General Practice Education and Training and a general practitioner, North Yarra Community Health Centre, Victoria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22059209

Abstract

It is nearly a decade since the World Health Organization declared violence to be a major public health problem, yet for many of us violence remains someone else's territory - an issue for lawyers, police and government - not something for general practices or primary care providers to grapple with. Certainly violence is a concern for government and other agencies; in 2009 the Australian government launched the National Plan to Reduced Violence against Women and their Children and the Centers for Disease Control in the United States of America has an entire division devoted to violence prevention.

Language: en