Empowering Survivors of Abuse: Health Care for Battered Women and Their Children [Paperback]

How can the health-care system be transformed from a site of further victimization to a place of sanctuary and empowerment for battered women and their children? This excellent compilation provides nurses, physicians, social workers and public health professionals with the skills needed to effectively intervene in cases of domestic violence.

The volume contains original research together with clinical, policy and educational applications to give readers an understanding of abused women's experiences. Strategies for violence prevention, early identification, clinical interventions and policy reformation are among the vital topics covered by contributors who are directly involved, on a daily basis, with victims of interpersonHow can the health-care system be transformed from a site of further victimization to a place of sanctuary and empowerment for battered women and their children? This excellent compilation provides nurses, physicians, social workers and public health professionals with the skills needed to effectively intervene in cases of domestic violence.

The volume contains original research together with clinical, policy and educational applications to give readers an understanding of abused women's experiences. Strategies for violence prevention, early identification, clinical interventions and policy reformation are among the vital topics covered by contributors who are directly involved, on a daily basis, with victims of interpersonPART ONE: SYSTEM CHANGE: POLICY AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Making the Health Care System an Empowerment Zone for Battered Women - Jacquelyn C Campbell
Health Consequences, Policy Recommendations,Introduction, and Overview
Health Care-Based Programs for Domestic Violence Survivors - Daniel J Sheridan
Domestic Violence - Debra Gay Anderson, Barbara J Limandri and Virginia P Tilden
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