title: [Nuances of violence against women: knowing the phenomenon].
abstract: When delving into the world of women's experience, we faced the challenge to work with women at risk in their marital relations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to unveil the different nuances of violence against women in their marital relations. A qualitative approach has been used as a methodological reference. For information collection, the technique of Narrative Interview was used, and later submitted to Content Analysis. This study sought to give voice to women facing domestic violence and to evidence the strategies they use to cope with assault and batter in different segments of society: family, relationships, police stations and health centers.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
authors.forename: Janice Regina Rangel
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: Anna Maria Hecker
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Luz
mesh_terms: D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic