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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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Gender-violence and health care: How health system can step in
Suneela Garg1, Ritesh Singh2
1 Director-Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, WBUHS, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Ritesh Singh
Assistant Professor, College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, WBUHS, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-557X.111355
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Gender-violence also known as domestic violence, domestic abuse, spousal abuse or intimate partner violence, can be broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or cohabitation. It can manifest as physical aggression, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, stalking and economic and food deprivation. In most countries gender violence is a crime; though scope of the domestic or gender violence act and severity of punishment varies considerably between the countries. |
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