Women at Risk

Domestic Violence and Women's Health

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Abuse, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Interpersonal Relations, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Anne Flitcraft, Evan D. Stark ISBN: 9781506320953
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: March 26, 1996
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author: Anne Flitcraft, Evan D. Stark
ISBN: 9781506320953
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: March 26, 1996
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

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

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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

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