Intimate partner abuse and health professionals :  new approaches to domestic violence / 
edited by Gwenneth Roberts, Kelsey Hegarty, Gene Feder. 
 - xvi,  240 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  Foreword /  The history of intimate partner abuse and health professionals : what have we inherited? /  What is intimate partner abuse and how common is it? /  Impact of intimate partner abuse on physical and mental health : how does it present in clinical practice? /  Educating health professionals : changing attitudes and overcoming barriers /  Identification of intimate partner abuse in health care settings : should health professionals be screening? /  Clinical response to women experiencing intimate partner abuse : what is the evidence for good practice and policy? /  How is intimate partner abuse experienced by childbearing women? /  What is the impact of intimate partner abuse on children? /  Managing the whole family when women are abused by intimate partners : challenges for health professionals /  Medico-legal issues : when women speak into silence /  Cultural competence and intimate partner abuse : health care interventions /  Intimate partner abuse and indigenous peoples /  Gay and lesbian relationships and intimate partner abuse /  Intimate partner abuse research and training : the way forward /  Beverley Raphael --  Iona Heath --  Gwenneth Roberts --  Kelsey Hegarty --  Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Kathryn Laughon and Anne Woods --  Carole Warshaw, Angela Taft and Heather McCosker-Howard --  Kelsey Hegarty, Gene Feder and Jean Ramsay --  Gene Feder, Jean Ramsay and Mary Zachary --  Heather McCosker-Howard and Anne B. Woods --  Jennifer Smith --  Angela Taft and Judy Shakespeare --  Jocelynne Scutt --  Michael A. Rodriguez and George Saba --  Judy Atkinson --  Michael V. Relf and Nancy Glass --  Kelsey Hegarty, Gene Feder and Gwenneth Roberts.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Ch. 9.  Ch. 10.  Ch. 11.  Ch. 12.  Ch. 13.  Ch. 14. 
<br/><br/> This book, based on recent research, reveals the complex issues of identification and intervention with survivors of intimate partner abuse within in the health system. Editors Roberts, from University of QLD, and Hegarty from University of Melbourne. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0443074933 9780443074936 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007367671 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abused women--Medical care<br/>Intimate partner violence.<br/>Marital violence<br/>Abused wives--Medical care<br/>Wife abuse--Psychological aspects<br/>Victims of family violence--Medical care<br/>Medical care<br/>Spouse Abuse
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC569.5.F3  / I577 2006 RA1122  / .I58 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.82927