Domestic violence: are we listening? Do we see?
This article reports on a study of female victims of abuse who had been hospitalised for treatment of injuries inflicted by their spouses. A phenomenological approach was adopted wherein four women were interviewed to elicit their perceptions of their last hospital experience. Four major themes emerged from analysis of the interview data, these were that the women consistently experienced: disengagement and loss of status; disempowerment and lack of control; stigma and social isolation and a sense of being misunderstood. The results of the study are discussed in relation to women's expectations of nurses' attitudes and nursing interventions.
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*