Chapter 32 - Domestic Violence

Question 1

willful intimidation, assault, battery, sexual assault or other abusive behavior perpetrated by one family member, household member, friend or intimate partner against another

Answer 1

domestic violence

AKA spouse abuse
more common term: intimate partner violence
and family violence

Question 2

forms of domestic violence

Answer 2

physical 
sexual
financial
psychological/emotional 
neglect

Question 3

one or more of the following:

• attempting to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury or serious bodily injury with or without a deadly weapon
• placing, by physical menace or threat, another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury
• criminal sexual conduct committed against a minor
• stalking
• cyberstalking
• sexual offenses

Answer 3

abuse

Question 4

physical assault within the home in which one spouse is repeatedly assaulted by the other

Answer 4

spouse abuse

Question 5

acutal or threatened physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional abuse by a current or former spouse, dating partner, or boyfriend/girlfriend
intimate partners can be of the same or opposite sex

Answer 5

intimate partner violence

Question 6

completed or attempted sex act against the victims will or involving a victim who is unable to consent, abusive sexual contact, a non contact sexual abuse, including sexual harassment

Answer 6

sexual violence

Question 7

RADAR Recommendation for Domestic violence

Answer 7

R - Routinely screen every patient for violence
A - Ask directly, kindly, non-judgmentally, alone
D - Document your findings
A - Assess the patients safety
R - Review options and provide referrals