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Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women. WHO clinical and policy guidelines

Policy Guidelines

Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women. WHO clinical and policy guidelines

Women who have been subjected to violence often seek health care, including for their injuries, even if they do not disclose the associated abuse or violence. A health-care provider is likely to be the first professional contact for survivors of intimate partner violence or sexual assault. Statistics show that abused women use health-care services more than non-abused women do. They also identify health-care providers as the professionals they would most trust with disclosure of abuse.

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8 July 2013