Gender-violence and health care: how health system can step in
Garg, S.; Singh, R.
Indian Journal of Public Health 57(1): 4-7
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-557X PMID: 23649135 Document Number: 574010
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.