Intimate Partner Violence: Societal, Medical, Legal, and Individual Responses

It is clear that physical abuse is an integral component of some intimate relationships. This book addresses not the violence but our responses or lack of responses to that violation of personal integrity and the accompanying trauma. How partner violence is responded to, individually and collectivel...

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Main Author: Loue, Sana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Springer US 2001
Series:Women's Health Issues
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Online Access:UBR01
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Summary:It is clear that physical abuse is an integral component of some intimate relationships. This book addresses not the violence but our responses or lack of responses to that violation of personal integrity and the accompanying trauma. How partner violence is responded to, individually and collectively, may well determine whether the violence can be prevented or will cease once begun. This text is intended to serve as a basic resource for the student, clinician and researcher. It provides a summary of how we have responded to such violence in the past and presents potential future directions for research and prevention efforts
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 199 p)
ISBN:9780306475863
DOI:10.1007/b107943

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