Publication: The response to gender violence among Brazilian health care professionals
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2013-03-01
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16784561
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14138123
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Mahidol University
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Ciencia e Saude Coletiva. Vol.18, No.3 (2013), 681-690
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Elisabeth Meloni Vieira, Nicholas John Ford, Fernanda Garbelini De Ferrante, Ana Maria de Almeida, Daniela Daltoso, Manoel Antônio dos Santos The response to gender violence among Brazilian health care professionals. Ciencia e Saude Coletiva. Vol.18, No.3 (2013), 681-690. doi:10.1590/S1413-81232013000300014 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/32453
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The response to gender violence among Brazilian health care professionals
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The scope of this paper is to identify the experience, attitudes and impressions of health care professionals (HCPs) in addressing the needs of women patients suffering from intimate partner violence (IPV). In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 doctors and 11 nurses in Ribeirão Preto. Results show that there is an 'apparent invisibility' of IPV, the convenience of a tacit compact of silence about such violence on the part of women and HCPs. We studied the reasons given by HCPs for failing to deal with IPV. We also addressed the health service facility context, and the diversity of the professioinals' responses to violence, with indications of the emergence of a more proactive and positive stance. Qualitative data analysis highlights previous survey findings. A positive response from HCPs shows that there is perhaps some change from a narrow, medicallyfocused model of health care, to a more broadly defined social model.