Physicians caring for trafficking victims should know about applicable criminal and human rights law and mandatory reporting requirements.

Even when external factors such as nonaccidental injury weigh heavily on clinicians' perceptions, they should not lose focus on the patient's best interest when deciding whether to continue or withdraw treatment.

Guidelines for physicians who have a duty to report their suspicions of child abuse.

The Drexel University College of Medicine Women’s Health Education Program is a model for training medical students to screen for and respond to intimate partner violence.

Physicians are bound in most states to report treating injuries they suspect are violence related.

The risks associated with mandated physician reporting of intimate partner violence outweigh the benefits such a policy might confer.

When a child or family begins to stand out because of patterns in history or physical findings, physicians must determine whether to take a closer look at the situation.

Two cases of physician failure to report possible child abuse that led to legal claims of malpractice and civil liability.

Radiologists have a duty to report suspected child abuse and this duty is not satisfied by merely sharing these suspicions with the referring physician if that physician does not intend to follow up.

Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.