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Many doctors are reluctant to probe patients about possible domestic abuse, but studies show that merely asking a battered woman if she has been abused can help her. Barbara Gerbert, director of the Center for Health Improvement and Prevention at UC San Francisco tells the New York Times, "Just by asking, you may be planting a seed for change." Even years later a woman might remember her doctor reaching out to her and be moved to ask for help. Experts are recommending that doctors now screen for domestic abuse even when there is no physical evidence, as domestic violence is, "more common in women than many diseases for which doctors regularly check, including breast and colon cancer, and its health risks are well documented," according to Dr. Erin Marcus, associate medical director of the Institute for Women’s Health at the University of Miami, writing for the Times. More »
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