Domestic violence on pregnant women in Turkey


Toprak Ergönen A., Ozdemir M. H., Can İ. Ö., Sonmez E., Salacin S., Berberoglu E., ...More

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE, vol.16, no.3, pp.125-129, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.009
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.125-129
  • Keywords: Domestic violence, Pregnant women, Forensic medicine, Prenatal clinics, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, PREVALENCE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Domestic violence is accepted worldwide as an important health problem. Besides diagnosis and treatment process, there are difficulties when considering of medico-legal evaluation of pregnant women subjected to domestic violence.