Dec

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Articles of Note: December Edition

December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment

With it being a slow time of year for educational offerings, I’m thrilled the research journals hold some amazing treasures. This month feels particularly useful, especially if you’re a pediatrics person. As always, this is not a comprehensive overview of what’s newly out, but it is a good selection of late November and December articles [...]

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Dec

2

Autoerotic Asphyxiation and Gender

December 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

I spend a great deal of time on the issue of strangulation: teaching, writing, reviewing cases and testifying in court. A common defense that I personally hear routinely presented is that the strangulation of the victim was consensual. That is to say the victim consented to it as a part of a sexual encounter with [...]

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Nov

22

Medscape Roundup

November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I was perusing Medscape last night and noticed there are several items that may be worth your time, including several CE and CME offerings from October and November: Vodka Tampons to Get Drunk (Chief Complaint Blog) Sexual History of Adolescents in the Emergency Department (CME) (more after the jump)

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Nov

21

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

November 25th begins 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. From the site: Participants chose the dates November 25- International Day Against Violence Against Women-and December 10- International Human Rights Day- in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period [...]

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Nov

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Articles of Note: October/November 2011

November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

It’s time once again for Articles Note. These are a selection from the late September, October and November peer-reviewed journals that feel particularly relevant to our practice. Remember, it’s in no way a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but it’s an excellent place to start. The majority of the links will take you to PubMed. There [...]

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Nov

1

CMEs, Scary ED Visits and Plenty More Violence

November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

A few things that have been piled up in my inbox that are worth mentioning. The first is a new CME offering (and really, Medscape, you could only manage to make this one for docs?): Domestic Violence Intervention Improves Referral, Disclosure Rates, based on research published this month in The Lancet.

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Oct

5

Sin By Silence

October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment

More documentaries to add to the list. This one in time for DV Awareness Month. Sin By Silence is making its television debut (PDF) October 17th at 8pm ET. It will be shown on the Investigation Discovery channel (find their channel in your area here).

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Aug

23

Book Giveaway: Child Fatality Review

August 23, 2011 | 10 Comments

Our friends at STM Learning are back with a new book giveaway for FHO readers. Details on how to enter and what other special offers are available to readers after the jump:

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Aug

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Odds & Ends Wednesday: Medscape and NPR

August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment

There are several things I wanted to bring to your attention this morning: Medscape has some good stuff this week: **An article from the July 2011 Nursing Economics about violence against nurses and its personal and professional toll; **Gail Horner’s article on evaluating child sexual abuse that is cited in this month’s Articles of Note, [...]

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Aug

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Articles of Note, July/August Edition

August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget: FHO’s latest giveaway is going on now through August 3rd! Get all the details here to enter. It’s time once again for Articles Note. These are a selection from peer-reviewed journals that feel particularly relevant to our practice. Remember, it’s in no way a comprehensive or exhaustive list, but it’s an excellent place to start. The [...]

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