Article Related content Article metrics Rapid responses Response Rapid Response: Re: Domestic violence is poorly covered in medical training, study finds Economic impact of domestic violence should greatly alarm politicians and healthcare managers, inducing prioritized interventions. Domestic violence costs $8,000,000,000,000 annually! [1][2][3] In comparison, the total cost of all new cases of cancer worldwide in 2010 was only $290 billion. [4-page 35-Box 11] References [1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2014/09/domestic-violence-cost-war-develo... [2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bjorn-lomborg/domestic-violence-8-trillion... [3] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-abuse-costs-idUSKBN0H41AL20140909 [4] http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s18806en/s18806en.pdf Competing interests: No competing interests 12 October 2017 Stavros Saripanidis Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hellas @drsaripanidis
Rapid Response:
Re: Domestic violence is poorly covered in medical training, study finds
Economic impact of domestic violence should greatly alarm politicians and healthcare managers, inducing prioritized interventions.
Domestic violence costs $8,000,000,000,000 annually! [1][2][3]
In comparison, the total cost of all new cases of cancer worldwide in 2010 was only $290 billion. [4-page 35-Box 11]
References
[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2014/09/domestic-violence-cost-war-develo...
[2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bjorn-lomborg/domestic-violence-8-trillion...
[3] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-abuse-costs-idUSKBN0H41AL20140909
[4] http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s18806en/s18806en.pdf
Competing interests: No competing interests