 |
|
| INTIMATE PARTNER ABUSE AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
| |
| | |
|
|
New Approaches to Domestic Violence
To order this title, and for more information, click here
Edited By
Gwenneth Roberts, PhD, BBus(Health Admin), RN, Honorary Research Consultant, Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Australia
Kelsey Hegarty, PhD, MBBS, FRACG, DipRACOG, Senior Lecturer, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Australia
Gene Feder, MD, FRCGP, DRCOG, Professor of Primary Care Research and Development, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, UK
Description
This title is directed primarily to health care professionals outside the United States. It explores the complex issues of identification and intervention with survivors of intimate partner abuse.
Contents
Foreword. Introduction. Section 1: The History of Intimate Partner Abuse. What is intimate partner abuse and how common is it? Section
2: Impact of intimate partner abuse on physical and mental health - how does it present in clinical practice? Education of health professionals
- changing attitudes and overcoming barriers. Identification of intimate partner abuse in health care settings - should health professionals
be screening? - what do you ask and what are the barriers to disclosure? Health care based interventions with women who experience intimate
partner abuse - do they make a difference? The impact of intimate partner abuse on childbearing women. The impact of intimate partner
abuse on children. Men who abuse intimate partners: challenges for health professionals. Advocacy for survivors in health care settings.
Section 3: Non-English-speaking background people and intimate partner abuse. Intimate partner abuse and indigenous people. Gay and lesbian
relationships and intimate partner abuse. Section 4: Future directions for research and training of health professionals.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 256 pages, publication date: SEP-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07493-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-07493-3
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
|
062/630
Last update: 13 Jun 2009
|
|
| |
| | |
|
|
| |
Home | Elsevier Websites | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Feedback | Site Map | A Reed Elsevier Company