title: Gender-violence and health care: How health system can step in.
abstract: Gender-violence also known as domestic violence, domestic abuse, spousal abuse or intimate partner violence, can be broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or cohabitation. It can manifest as physical aggression, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, stalking and economic and food deprivation. In most countries gender violence is a crime; though scope of the domestic or gender violence act and severity of punishment varies considerably between the countries.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors: Suneela
authors: S
authors: Garg
authors: Ritesh
authors: R
authors: Singh
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*