Citation

Burge SK. Fam. Med. 1989; 21(5): 368-373.

Affiliation

Department of Family Practice, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.

Comment In:

Fam Med 1990;22(3):172-3, 239

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2792609

Abstract

Violence against women is prevalent and is understood to produce adverse physical and psychological consequences for its victims. Victimized women frequently visit family physicians seeking relief from their distress; yet violence against women has not been identified by medical professionals as a relevant concern. This paper discusses health issues of women who are victims of violence, and encourages family physicians, who are in a position to have a powerful effect on this social problem, to reframe this phenomenon as a pertinent issue.

Language: en