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Program & Abstract Book - EPFL Latsis Symposium 2009

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<strong>EPFL</strong> <strong>Latsis</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> <strong>2009</strong>: Understanding Violence<br />

22<br />

Marie-Claude Hofner<br />

February 11-13 <strong>2009</strong><br />

Medical doctor - Violence Medical Unit - University Center of<br />

Legal Medicine Western Switzerland – University Department<br />

of Community Medicine. Lausanne – Switzerland.<br />

http://www.artofliving.org/<br />

Marie-Claude Hofner is a medical doctor specialised in public<br />

health. Since 1998 she is directing an interdisciplinary prevention<br />

program of interpersonal violence, which lead to the<br />

creation of the Violence Medical Unit (VMU) of the University<br />

Hospital Centre of Lausanne. The VMU is an original example<br />

of medico-legal and community oriented service for adults victims<br />

of violence. She is also currently deputy to represent Switzerland<br />

within the European network “Violence and Injury Prevention”<br />

of the Whorl Health Organisation.

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