Primary care can play an important role in picking up cases of family or domestic violence early, but are our healthcare workers trained to do so and handle these cases sensitively? We speak to Prof Dr Sajaratulnisah Othman, family medicine specialist at University Malaya Medical Centre, to discuss how healthcare workers at the primary care level can play their part.

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Produced by: Muhammad Naufal Ubaidi, Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories:  health policy

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health & living,  domestic violence,  gender-based violence,  women’s health,  klinik kesihatan,  primary care,  abuse,