Love that turns into terror: Intimate partner violence in Åland : nurses’ encounters with battered women in the context of a government-initiated policy programme

Love that turns into terror: Intimate partner violence in Åland : nurses’ encounters with battered women in the context of a government-initiated policy programme

Violence against women is a problem in all countries in the world, including the small autonomy of the Åland Islands. The violence ranges from psychological threats to femicide. In the Åland Islands the issue has been placed on the agenda of politicians and the authorities, while reports about sever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Häggblom, Anette
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Nordic School of Public Health NHV 2008
Subjects:
Violence against women
intimate partner violence
battered women
nurses
government policies
official organizations
descriptive survey
grounded theory
case study
Public health science
Folkhälsovetenskap
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3474
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-85721-29-0

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-85721-29-0

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