title: Domestic abuse: protection, intervention and the role of the law.
abstract: District nursing sister Gwen Abbot suspects that one of her patients, a 35-year-old woman who lives with her partner in a rented one bedroom flat, is being abused. The woman is reluctant to explain the frequent bruising that is present around her arms and breasts when the district nurse visits. Sister Abbot wonders if she should get involved and if there were any legal measures the patient could take to protect herself from abuse.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Philosophy, Law and Healthcare, University of Wales, Swansea. richard.griffith@swan.ac.uk
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D003219:Confidentiality; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D006113:United Kingdom