A new survey suggests that as many as one in three women who arrive at accident and emergency departments have a history of suffering violence in the home.
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine questioned 198 women over a five week period in 2001.
More than one third of the women said that they had suffered from domestic violence during some part of their lives, and six per cent claimed to have been beaten by their current partner.
The figures follow a survey conducted by the UK charity Refuge showing that one in four women had a history of suffering domestic violence.
The researchers say that these figures are “high” and urge staff in A&E departments to be aware that some patients they are treating might have suffered domestic violence.
Posted by James at March 1, 2004 07:01 PM