Family violence and nursing practice [[electronic resource] /] / Janice Humphreys, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Springer, 2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82/92
• Soggetto topico: Family violence; Nursing
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HumphreysJanice CampbellJacquelyn
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FAMILY VIOLENCE AND NURSING PRACTICE; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Theories of Aggression and Family Violence; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; Aggression; Violence; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS EXPLAINING VIOLENCE; Domain-Specific Theories; The Biological Perspective; neurotransmitters, enzymes, and associated genes.; sex hormones.; brain areas and lesions.; role of alcohol and drugs.; limitations of the biological perspective.; The Psychological Perspective; frustration-aggression theory.; cognitive theories.; The Sociocultural Perspective; structural violence theory. ; intrafamilial resource theory.cultural consistency theory.; Integrated Theories; Social Cognitive Theory; general aggression model.; ecological theory.; adolescent-limited versus life-course persistent model.; Special considerations; Cultural Positioning; Meaning of Violence Cross-Culturally; Social Organization; Gender Inequality; Summary; REFERENCES; Family Violence: Long-Term Health Consequences of Trauma; Introduction; Family Violence as Trauma and Health Consequences; Effects of IPV and Other Forms of Family Violence for Women; The Stress Response; Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Systems ; Immune SystemNeuronal Response; Framework of Allostasis; Psychoneuroimmunology; Risky Early Family Environment; Psychobiological Resilience; Neuroendocrine and Immune Changes in Women Exposed to Violence; Alterations in Neuroendocrine Activity in Women Experiencing IPV; Altered Inflammatory/Immune Activity; Risky Early Family Environments; Epigenetic Changes in Abused Children and Risk for Psychiatric Symptoms; summary; REFERENCES; Theories of Intimate Partner Violence; Definitions and Scope; Definition of Terms; Scope of the Problem; Abuse of Female Partners and Homicide ; Homicide of the AbuserHistorical Perspective; Violence Against Women Historically and Internationally; The Effects of Capitalism and Protestantism; Legalization of Violence Against Women; Contemporary Forms of Violence Against Women Internationally; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS; Theories of Causation; Theories/Models of Gender-Based Inequities, Systems of Oppression and Power; Masculinity or Male Socialization as a Synthesizing Framework; Patriarchy and Socialization for Masculinity; socialization for masculinity.; Feminist Theory and Feminist Intersectionality; Power and Control/The Duluth Model ; Critical TheorySocial Cultural Models; Ecological Frameworks; Typologies of Batterers and of Intimate Partner Violence; THEORIES OF WOMEN'S RESPONSES TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; Historical Perspectives; Psychological Perspectives; low self-esteem.; mental health problems.; learned helplessness.; traumatic bonding.; cycle theory of violence.; contemporary theories.; critical social theories.; marginalization.; feminist intersectionality.; resiliency.; survivor models.; PROCESSES OF EXPERIENCING, LEAVING, AND RECOVERING FROM ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS; Summary; References ; Theories and Research on Child Maltreatment
• Sommario/riassunto: Nurses too often encounter battered women, abused children, and other victims of family violence in hospital and emergency room settings. Nurses therefore have a unique and important role to play in the prevention, identification, and mitigation of violence. This newly revised second edition is a landmark resource that provides comprehensive, nursing-focused coverage of intimate partner violence (IPV), child abuse, and more. This textbook provides a detailed overview of all types of family and other violence, including IPV, same-sex IPV, abuse during pregnancy, intimate partner homicide, stalk
• Titolo autorizzato: Family violence and nursing practice
• ISBN: 1-78268-169-8; 1-282-84964-6; 9786612849640; 0-8261-1829-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459061303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II