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The Rise in Domestic Violence Among Newly Diagnosed Patients with Cancer

AONN+ Blog published on January 14, 2022
Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, HON-ONN-CG
Editor-in-Chief, JONS; Co-Founder, AONN+; University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer, Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Developer, Work Stride-Managing Cancer at Work, Johns Hopkins Healthcare Solutions

Domestic violence in the home is not a new issue, but it is a growing issue. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are spending more time indoors than ever before due to losing their jobs, needing to care for children, or working virtually from home. For women who have been living in a domestic violence environment, going to work might have been their only escape from this daily nightmare. Ironically, they now have no escape unless they get diagnosed with cancer.

 
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