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Article: Domestic violence Rx
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- August 15, 2009
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
08-15-2009
Domestic violence Rx -- Hospital, court link up to help abuse victims
Date: 08-15-2009, Saturday
Section: OPINION
VICTIMS of domestic violence in Passaic County are now the beneficiaries of an innovative program that links the medical community with the legal system through the power and speed of technology.
The concept is simple and the solution effective. Studies show that a significant percentage of women in their child-bearing years who arrive in hospital emergency rooms with trauma injuries are victims of domestic violence.
Yet after treatment, many often return to the scene of the crime usually their home without legal protection. The passage of ...