Pulse

Briefs

A measure of hope, mixed news on sexual violence.

Plan of Action

Physicians are working with the City of Minneapolis to keep kids from becoming repeat victims of violence.

Tending Victims, Tackling Crime

A northwestern Minnesota hospital takes on violence and abuse.

Reclaiming Girlhood

A program for runaway youths brings health care to sexually abused kids wherever they are.

End Notes

River

A poem by Marilyn Aschoff Mellor, M.D.
August 2009 | Table of Contents

The Hidden Toll of Abuse

Abuse and neglect cause chronic illness, often in hidden ways. David McCollum, M.D., wants health care professionals to do more about it.

By Howard Bell

 

Face to Face

Challenging an Assumption

By Kate Ledger

 

Perspective

Shining Light in Dark Places

By Therese Zink, M.D., M.P.H.

 

No One Comes Back the Same

A poem by Richard J. Roberts, Ph. D.

 

Clinical & Health Affairs

Beyond "Do you feel safe at home?" The Physician's Role in Reducing Intimate Partner Homicide

By Amy Walsh, M.D.

 

How to Screen for Intimate Partner Violence

By Susan McCormick Hadley, M.P.H.

 

Patient Charting: Turning a Routine Activity into an Opportunity for Injury Prevention

By David McCollum, M.D., Sara Seifert, M.P.H., and Evelyn Anderson

 

Suicide Rates in 2009: Do the Economy and War Have an Effect?

By Timothy W. Lineberry, M.D.

 

Nonfatal Suicide Attempts and Other Self-Inflicted Harm: Beltrami County Youths, 2002-2006

By Jon Roesler, M.S., Matthew Petcoff, Arsalan Azam, Sara Westberg, Mark Kinde, M.P.H., and Alex Crosby, M.D.

 

Editor's Note

Why Do We Watch It?

 

MMA Viewpoint

Cutting Cost Must Not Harm Patients

 

MMA News

Appeals Court Ruling Favors Physicians
AMA President To Address MMA
Be a Booster Seat Booster
Medicare Payment Needs Fixing

Letters

Tracking Reform

 


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