Abstract
Intimate partner violence is a crime encompassing physical, psychological, financial, emotional, and sexual abuse by a current or former partner. The presence of love in abusive relationships tends to be marginalized in healthcare discourses. The authors' aim in this qualitative systematic literature review was to explore the interplay between intimate partner violence and romantic love and their impacts on women. The review provides a rare (but much needed) explanation and acknowledgement that love does sometimes exist in abusive relationships. These insights will assist healthcare workers in offering empathic care to women, based on understandings of the complex and highly unsettled nature of love in abusive relationships.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Health Care for Women International |
| Early online date | 17 Jun 2019 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 17 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- abuse
- domestic violence
- fear
- hope
- intimate partner violence
- romantic love
Access to Document
- Pocock_et_al_Intimate_partner_violence_Health_Care_for_Women_International_2019
Checked for eligibility: 16/08/2019 This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Health Care For Women International on 17/06/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07399332.2019.1621318