Citation

Rittenberg E. Health Aff. (Hope) 2020; 39(1): 161-164.

Affiliation

Eve Rittenberg ( erittenberg@bwh. harvard. edu ) is a primary care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, Massachusetts. She thanks her colleagues Annie Lewis-O'Connor, Nomi Levy-Carrick, and Hanni Stoklosa for their support and inspiration in trauma-informed care.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation)

DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00422

PMID

31905065

Abstract

A patient who is a survivor of abuse benefits from a health care approach that acknowledges her past trauma.

Language: en

Keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Caregivers; Clinics; Depression; Diabetes; Emergency departments; Health policy; Medical education; Patient care; Trauma-informed care; Violence