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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480192903321

Autore

Stark Evan

Titolo

Women at risk [[electronic resource] ] : domestic violence and women's health / / Evan Stark, Anne Flitcraft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c1996

ISBN

1-4522-4715-3

1-322-28346-X

1-4833-4537-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FlitcraftAnne <1948->

Disciplina

362.82920973

Soggetti

Wife abuse - United States

Family violence - United States

Abused wives - Medical care - United States

Abused women - Medical care - United States

Patriarchy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover            ""; ""Contents               ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""Part I - Theoretical Perspectives                                        ""; ""Chapter 1 - Medicine and Patriarchal Violence                                                    ""; ""Chapter 2 - Imagining Woman Battering: Social Knowledge, Social Therapy, and Patriarchal Benevolence                                                                                                           ""; ""Part II - Health Consequences                                    ""

""Chapter 3 - Women and Children at Risk: A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse                                                                                    """"Chapter 4 - Killing the Beast Within: Woman Battering and Female Suicidality""; ""Chapter 5 - Preventing Gendered Homicide                                               ""; ""Part III - Clinical Interventions                                        ""

""Chapter 6 - Personal Power and Institutional Victimization: Treating the Dual Trauma of Woman Battering                                                                                                              """"Chapter 7 - Clinical Violence Intervention: Lessons from Battered Women""; ""Chapter 8 - Discharge Planning With Battered Women                                                         ""; ""Chapter 9 - Physicians and Domestic Violence: Challenges for



Prevention                                                                              ""; ""References                 ""

""Name Index                 """"Subject Index                    ""; ""About the Authors                        ""

Sommario/riassunto

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 pro