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Domestic Violence and Abuse: Theoretical Explanation and Perspectives

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Domestic Violence in Health Contexts: A Guide for Healthcare Professions

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Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a complex issue and it is important to understand how and why this happens. Such understanding can help find strategies to minimise DVA. Over past decades, many explanations have been proposed to explain DVA from various perspectives. This chapter aims to present an aggregated overview of that information to help healthcare professionals understand the phenomenon from a theoretical perspective. The chapter provides information about various perspectives including biological, psychological, sociological, and ecological frameworks.

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    Parveen Ali

  2. School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

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  3. University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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Ali, P., McGarry, J., Bradbury-Jones, C. (2020). Domestic Violence and Abuse: Theoretical Explanation and Perspectives. In: Ali, P., McGarry, J. (eds) Domestic Violence in Health Contexts: A Guide for Healthcare Professions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29361-1_2

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