Nurses’ and physicians’ attitudes about women abuse
The effects of gender and professional role
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15218010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karla Rose (University of Wisconsin System, corresponding author), Daniel G Saunders (0000-0003-0686-2595, University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 427-438 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Care For Women International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07399338609515757 |
| PMID | 3641839 |
| OpenAlex | W2143059865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 15 |
The apathy encountered by battered women when they seek help from medical and other professions has been attributed to patriarchal norms and victim‐blaming. Because of their place in the medical hierarchy this study hypothesized that: a) nurses would have more sympathetic attitudes toward battered women than physicians; and b) professional roles and not gender would explain the differences. The findings supported the first but not the second hypothesis. Nurses were less likely to believe that wife‐beating is justified and that victims are responsible for the abuse. Women, regardless of profession, were more sympathetic than men. Nurses and physicians with the most liberal attitudes about women's roles were least likely to blame victims. Those with the most intensive training on the topic held victims less responsible and were more willing to help them
Apathy · Blame · Hierarchy · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
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A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies Measuring Training Effects on Biases Evidenced by Professionals toward Intimate Partner Violence
Navigating the Domestic Violence Protection Law by Vietnamese Immigrant Wives in Taiwan
Relationship status of battered women over time
Attitudes and Practices of Doctors Toward Domestic Violence Victims in South Africa
The training needs of Turkish emergency department personnel regarding intimate partner violence
Attitudes of Israeli Arab Social Workers Concerning Woman Battering
Gender, Accounts, and Rape Processing Work
Limitations of the Medical Model in the Care of Battered Women
Women enjoy punishment
You just want to feel safe when you go to a healthcare professional
The Belief in a Just World
Medicine and Patriarchal Violence
The Inventory of Beliefs about Wife Beating
Behind Closed Doors
A short version of the Attitudes toward Women Scale (AWS)
Masculinity and Femininity
A Short Social Desirability Scale
Sex differences in bystander reactions to physical assault
Bystander response to an assault
Defensive attribution
Sexual Equality and Violence Against Wives in American States
Abused Wives
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 2024 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |