Empowering survivors of abuse
Subtitle: health care for battered women and their children
By: Jacquelyn C. Campbell, editor.
Contributors: Campbell, Jacquelyn.; Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses.
Series: Sage series on violence against women ;; v. 10
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Women -- Abuse of -- Prevention.; Abused women -- Health aspects.; Children -- Abuse of -- Prevention.; Victims of family violence -- Care.; Pregnant women -- Abuse of -- Prevention.; Abused women -- Cross-cultural studies.; Abused women -- Services for.
Description: Empowering Survivors of Abuse provides nurses, physicians, social workers, and public health professionals with the skills needed to effectively intervene in cases of domestic violence. This volume contains compilation of original research along with clinical, policy, and educational applications to guide the reader toward an understanding of abused women's experiences.

Strategies for violence prevention, early identification, clinical interventions, and policy reformation are vital topics covered by contributors who are directly involved, on a daily basis, with victims of interpersonal violence.

An invaluable addition to the scholarly-based, practical literature, Empowering Survivors of Abuse is relevant to a variety of readers in the fields of nursing, mental health, criminal justice, and social work. This book is also a must have for shelter and system advocates, policymakers, and health planners, as well as advanced students in these areas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-317) and index.
"AWHONN; Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses."