NURS 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Abusive Power And Control, Body Odor, Incest
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Abuse is the maltreatment of one person by another. More injuries are attributed to intimate partner violence than to all rapes, muggings and automobile accidents combined. An increase in the incidence of child abuse has been documented. Rape is thought to be vastly underreported. Abuse affects all races, religions, economic classes, ages, and educational backgrounds. Laws now exist to protect children and elderly. Battering= a pattern of coercive control founded on and supported by physical and/or sexual violence or threat of violence of an intimate partner. More than 80% of the victims are women. Battered women represent all age, racial, religious, cultural ,educational, and socioeconomic groups. Women who are battered have low self esteem, commonly adhere to feminine sex-role stereotypes, and often accept the blame. Feelings of guilt, anger, fear, and shame are common. O(cid:373)e g(cid:396)e(cid:449) up i(cid:374) a(cid:271)usi(cid:448)e ho(cid:373)es lea(cid:396)(cid:374)ed helpless(cid:374)ess. (cid:862)dual pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)ality(cid:863) o(cid:374)e to pa(cid:396)t(cid:374)e(cid:396), o(cid:374)e to (cid:396)est of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld.
