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Universal screening in the emergency department for intimate partner violence would consume scarce resources without improving patient well-being

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  1. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Andrew Worster & Jonathan Sherbino

  2. Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Andrew Worster, Melissa Kimber & Harriet MacMillan

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Eddy Lang

  4. Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Eddy Lang

  5. Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett D. Thombs

  6. Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett D. Thombs

  7. Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett D. Thombs

  8. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett D. Thombs

  9. Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett D. Thombs

  10. Biomedical Ethics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brett D. Thombs

  11. Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Melissa Kimber & Harriet MacMillan

  12. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Melissa Kimber & Harriet MacMillan

  13. Survivor Self Defence, Halton, ON, Canada

    Krystal Ramsden

  14. Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Harriet MacMillan

  15. McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory (MERIT) Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Jonathan Sherbino

  16. Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Jonathan Sherbino

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Worster, A., Lang, E., Thombs, B.D. et al. Universal screening in the emergency department for intimate partner violence would consume scarce resources without improving patient well-being. Can J Emerg Med 25, 462–464 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00518-x

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