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Article: Guide for health care-based domestic violence programs. (Family Violence Prevention Fund)

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September 22, 1997
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"The child abuse program at Children's Hospital in Boston includes support and advocacy for battered women; in Minnesota hospitals, doctors wear buttons that read, 'It's OK to talk to me about family violence and abuse;' and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mercy Hospital has an on-site apartment available for domestic violence victims when shelters are full. These initiatives are among the health care-based domestic violence projects profiled in Best Practices: Innovative Domestic Violence Programs in Health Care Settings, a new manual published by the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FUND) to help health clinics and hospitals develop and implement domestic violence protocols ...

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