Response of the Health Care Delivery System to Battered Women
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Issues in Mental Health Nursing
- Vol. 10 (3-4) , 309-320
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01612848909140853
Abstract
In this article I describe and analyze the response of the health care delivery system to battered women. Conceptual frameworks that explain the perpetration of battering and the obstacles to its identification by health professionals are examined. Clinical protocols aimed at changing staff's response to battered women are described. Recommendations are made for systems-level changes that are needed to alter the response of the health care delivery system to battered women.Keywords
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