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Women at Risk: Domestic Violence and Women′s Health

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Battering by men is the most significant cause of injury to women in our society. It is also a major cause of child abuse, murder, substance abuse and female suicide attempts. This volume, the result of 15 years of research conducted by the authors - a social worker and physician respectively - explores the theoretical perspectives of this dramatic expression of male domination, together with health consequences for women and clinical interventions.

The authors found that the traditional resources women turn to for help reinforce male domination: the medical, psychiatric and behavioural problems presented by battered women arise because male strategies of coercion, isolation and control converge with discriminatory structur

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Release: March 26, 1996

ISBN: 0803970404

ISBN 13: 9780803970403

Women at Risk: Domestic Violence and Women′s Health

5/5 ( ratings)

Battering by men is the most significant cause of injury to women in our society. It is also a major cause of child abuse, murder, substance abuse and female suicide attempts. This volume, the result of 15 years of research conducted by the authors - a social worker and physician respectively - explores the theoretical perspectives of this dramatic expression of male domination, together with health consequences for women and clinical interventions.

The authors found that the traditional resources women turn to for help reinforce male domination: the medical, psychiatric and behavioural problems presented by battered women arise because male strategies of coercion, isolation and control converge with discriminatory structur

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Release: March 26, 1996

ISBN: 0803970404

ISBN 13: 9780803970403

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