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- Published on: 29 April 2016
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- Published on: 29 April 2016Domestic violence against womenShow More
Dear Editor
Sethi et al.[1] state that a lack of data on the prevalence of domestic violence is particularly true of A&E departments and that only two studies of prevalence were identified in the past ten years.
In 1995 we published a combined prospective and retrospective study [2] of violence against women presenting to Glasgow Royal Infirmary over a six month period. The prevalence was 0.75%....
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016Prevalence of domestic violenceShow More
Dear Editor
I read with great interest the cross-sectional study about the prevalence of domestic violence conducted by Sethi et al.[1]
I experienced a moment of deja vu having published a study with almost identical methods and conclusions in the EMJ in 2003.[2] It is reassuring to see that they came to similar conclusions in a different department! This perhaps shows the problems of a long submissio...
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