Topics covered in this conference included parenting, terminal illness, the birth of severely disabled children, rape and family violence, separation and divorce, and hospitalization, and dealt with a wide range of methodologies and age periods. (Author/RH)

The conference reported in this document consisted of three symposia and eight workshops each concerned with a different area of violence in America. The document includes an introduction by Annette Zimmern Reed and opening remarks by Dallas mayor Starke Taylor and his wife, Carolyn Taylor. Information from the three symposia is given in the areas…

Plenary session papers from a workshop focusing on how the health professions might provide better care for victims of violence and prevent violence itself comprise this document. Papers include: (1) "Welcome and 'Charge' to the Participants" (C. Everett Koop); (2) "Interpersonal Violence and Public Health Care: New Directions, New…

Issues that affect personal safety on college campuses are discussed in these proceedings of a 1986 symposium on personal safety organized by the State University of New York (SUNY) and the Research Foundation of SUNY. Conference papers and authors are as follows: "Interpersonal Violence: Addressing the Problem on a College Campus"…