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From Private Matter to Public Health Crisis: Nursing and the Intervention into Domestic Violence

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Air date:	Thursday, September 17, 2015, 1:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 239 (63 Live, 176 On-demand)
Category:	History
Runtime:	01:41:33
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Description:	The late 20th century witnessed a significant shift in how the medical community responds to victims of domestic violence. Once a “private matter” that doctors shied away from, domestic violence became recognized as a public health crisis requiring serious medical attention. This change came as a result of the tireless efforts of reformers within the medical profession, a substantial number of whom were nurses. In this talk, Dr. Catherine Jacquet will focus on the work of pioneer nurses who made it their life’s work to properly identify and treat victims of violence and to prevent further harm to them. In so doing these nurses were critical figures in reforming a once negligent medical system and, ultimately, improving the lives of thousands of women nationwide. Dr. Jacquet’s lecture coincides with the opening of Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives, a new special display curated by her, which will open in the NLM History of Medicine reading room on Monday, September 14, accompanied by a web site and traveling banner exhibition. For more information go to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/upcomingexhibitions.html

NLM Title:	From private matter to public health crisis : nursing and the intervention into domestic violence / Catherine Jacquet.
Author:	Jacquet, Catherine. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): The late 20th century witnessed a significant shift in how the medical community responds to victims of domestic violence. Once a "private matter" that doctors shied away from, domestic violence became recognized as a public health crisis requiring serious medical attention. This change came as a result of the tireless efforts of reformers within the medical profession, a substantial number of whom were nurses. In this talk, Dr. Catherine Jacquet will focus on the work of pioneer nurses who made it their life's work to properly identify and treat victims of violence and to prevent further harm to them. In so doing these nurses were critical figures in reforming a once negligent medical system and, ultimately, improving the lives of thousands of women nationwide. Dr. Jacquet's lecture coincides with the opening of Confronting Violence, Improving Women's Lives, a new special display curated by her, which will open in the NLM History of Medicine reading room on Monday, September 14, accompanied by a web site and traveling banner exhibition.
Subjects:	Battered Women Crisis Intervention Nurse's Role Patient Advocacy Spouse Abuse--prevention & control United States
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WA 309 AA1
NLM ID:	101671863
CIT Live ID:	16770
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=16770

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