by Gene Feder, Professor of Primary Care
and
Lucy Potter, Academic Clinical Fellow in Social and Community Medicine
Centre for Academic Primary Care
Seek the truth, not what is comfortable. Seek the real, not the easy.
— Gerald May
Talking about domestic violence and abuse can be uncomfortable. Avoiding talking about uncomfortable subjects keeps them hidden, fails to challenge injustice and arguably colludes with perpetration. We have a responsibility to shine a light into these dark corners.
In the Centre for Academic Primary Care at the University of Bristol we conduct research on improving the health care response to domestic violence and abuse. We have measured the prevalence and impact of domestic violence in patients in general practice and sexual health services; developed and rigorously tested training for doctors and nurses in general practice to ask about DVA and link patients disclosing abuse to specialist domestic violence advocates; run programmes … Read more