Title
Naming the Contradiction: Family Medicine's Failure to Face Violence against Women
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Publication Date
1990-11-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Primary Health Care; Physicians, Family; Battered Women; Violence
Disciplines
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence | Family Medicine | Women's Health
Abstract
Family medicine has articulated a set of values that overlap feminist thinking. Despite the compatibility of these theoretical assumptions with feminist viewpoints, family medicine has failed to face the critical issue of violence against women. Personal and ideologic viewpoints can help explain the reluctance of family physicians to confront violence against women. Family medicine's reluctance to confront battering of women stems from a basic refusal to recognize a power discrepancy between men and women in society. Recommendations are made for a more feminist-oriented approach to family medicine.
DOI of Published Version
10.1097/00003727-199011000-00007
Source
Candib, L. M. (1990). Naming the contradiction: Family medicine's failure to face violence against women. Family and Community Health: The Journal of Health Promotion and Maintenance, 13(3), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003727-199011000-00007
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Family and Community Health
Repository Citation
Candib LM. (1990). Naming the Contradiction: Family Medicine's Failure to Face Violence against Women. Family Medicine and Community Health Publications. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003727-199011000-00007. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/fmch_articles/81