Domestic Violence in Health Contexts: A Guide for Healthcare Professions (eBook)

This book is taking a broad health focused approach towards Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA). It is now well established that DVA exerts a significant and detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of those who experience abuse. Universally healthcare professionals encounter individuals and families where DVA is or has taken place. 

This book is beneficial to a range of health care professionals through an exploration of theories and classifications of DVA, consideration of DVA in different contexts and consideration of the core issues surrounding working with individuals and families where DVAhas been identified. It provides a much needed evidence based addition to the existing texts in this field in terms of the inclusion of real life scenarios, reflective exercises and pointers for further practice development. This book is a key point of reference for professionals working within a broad range of health care environments.

Dr. Parveen Ali is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield, UK. Dr. Ali is a Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse Teacher and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. and a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. DR Ali is an associate editor of Nursing Open (A Wiley Journal) and editorial board member of Journal of Advanced Nursing and Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Her research interests include gender-based violence and inequalities in healthcare experiences. Her recent work involves evaluation of domestic violence perpetrator programme, and health care professionals' attitudes about domestic violence.

Dr. Julie McGarry is a registered nurse in adult and mental health fields of practice and is Associate Professor within the School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK. Dr. McGarry's clinical background has involved working with vulnerable adults both in hospital and community settings. Her field of research expertise centres on Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA)  - her recent work has included exploring narratives of abuse among older survivors, barriers to the recognition of DVA among healthcare professionals, sexual safety within mental health contexts and the development of effective health and social care professionals' working practices with survivors and families. Dr. McGarry's work synthesizes research, education and practice and she is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.