Family violence and nursing practice / Janice Humphreys and Jacquelyn Campbell

Includes index.

Theoretical background. Theories of aggression and family violence -- Theories of intimate partner violence -- Theories of child abuse. Nursing practice. Abuse during pregnancy -- Abuse and neglect of the elderly in family settings -- Children of abused women -- Sexual abuse in families -- Nursing care of families using violence -- Nursing care of abused children -- Nursing care and adolescent dating violence -- Nursing care of survivors of intimate partner violence -- Nursing care of abused women with disabilities. Nursing education, policy, and future. Legal and forensic nursing responses to family violence -- Future directions.

Domestic violence presents significant assessment and treatment challenges for today's nurses. This landmark resource -- written by two of the foremost experts in the field -- provides uniquely comprehensive, nursing-focused coverage of family violence, offering both practicing nurses and nursing students a clear view of the essential theories, interventions, and issues. Complete and timely coverage addresses the topics most relevant to nursing practice -- including theories of aggression and family violence, violence against female partners, abuse against pregnant women, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual abuse, adolescent dating violence, and children of battered women.