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Citation |
Scarlet S, Rogers SO. AMA J. Ethics 2018; 20(5): 483-491. |
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Affiliation |
The chief of trauma and acute care surgery at the University of Chicago, where he is also the director of the new trauma center. |
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(Copyright © 2018, American Medical Association) |
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29763395 |
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Abstract |
In the past, trauma centers have almost exclusively focused on caring for patients who suffer from physical trauma resulting from violence. However, as clinicians' perspectives on violence shift, violence prevention and intervention have been increasingly recognized as integral aspects of trauma care. Hospital-based violence intervention programs are an emerging strategy for ending the cycle of violence by focusing efforts in the trauma center context. These programs, with their multipronged, community-based approach, have shown great potential in reducing trauma recidivism by leveraging the acute experience of violence as an opportunity to introduce services and assess risk of re-injury. In this article, we explore the evolving role of trauma centers and consider their institutional duty to address violence broadly, including prevention. Language: en |