Visible Injuries, Unrecognized Truth - The Reality of Intimate Partner Violence.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Löllgen, Ruth M.
- Source
- New England Journal of Medicine. 10/10/2019, Vol. 381 Issue 15, p1408-1409. 2p.
- Subject
- *INTIMATE partner violence
*SEXUAL partners
*VERBAL behavior
*WOUNDS & injuries
*DOMESTIC violence
*MEDICAL societies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
In this article the author presents the reality of intimate partner violence and highlights the warning signs from the beginning of relationship. It mentions a tension-building phases that involving increasing amounts of verbal violence with no obvious stimulus and frightening periods and also mentions author's experience with facing violence by many ways like pushed down the stairs; slapped in the face; kicked in the buttocks; and thrown against doors, wardrobes.