A SURVEY ON PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR SEVERITY IN WOMEN REFERRED TO TEHRAN LEGAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2003

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NAJAFI DOULATABAD SH.; HOSSEINZADEH M.; KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN AZITA; FATHI S.; KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN AREZOU; ALAVI MAJD HAMID

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Forensic Medicine Year:2007 | Volume:13 | Issue:1 (45) Page(s): 30-32

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A SURVEY ON PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR SEVERITY IN WOMEN REFERRED TO TEHRAN LEGAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2003

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BATTERINGQ3

VIOLENCEQ3

WOMENQ2

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Background & Aim: Despite the great revolutions of 20th century discrimination and abuse against WOMEN are continuing around the world that seems to have cultural root.BATTERING can cause various physical injuries such as brain trauma, fractures, hematomas, swelling, visceral organ injuries, tissue rupture and etc.Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive study which is planned to determine physical signs due to BATTERING in WOMEN and girls referring to Tehran Legal Medicine center. In this study, 171 subjects referring to Tehran Legal Medical center were selected based on the objective using the population sampling method. The data was collected by questionnaire and checklist which was filled by researcher and then checklist was completed to determine the intensity of injuries by physical examination of patient with diagnosis of a Forensic medicine specialist.Findings: The results showed that 40.4% of subjects were between 26-35years old (mean age of29.58). 68.4% of subjects were housekeepers and 1.2% was workers. 47.4% were literate and 508% illiterate. 74.3/% of them was married, 19.9% single, 4% widow and 1.8% divorced. Physical signs due to BATTERING were hematoma in 68.13%, abrasion in 24.5%, bonefracture in 3.43% and rupture of tympanic membrane of ear and muscle rupture in 3.43%. Intensity of these injuries evaluated in 66.8% moderate, in 23.4% mild and in 9.9% relatively severe.Conclusion: BATTERING of WOMEN can cause problems including physical injuries, mental problems, depression, carelessness toward children and etc. as a result it is necessary to seek a remedy for prevention of these social problems.

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NAJAFI DOULATABAD, SH., HOSSEINZADEH, M., KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN, AZITA, FATHI, S., KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN, AREZOU, & ALAVI MAJD, HAMID. (2007). A SURVEY ON PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR SEVERITY IN WOMEN REFERRED TO TEHRAN LEGAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2003. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, 13(1 (45)), 30-32. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/53409/en

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NAJAFI DOULATABAD SH., HOSSEINZADEH M., KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN AZITA, FATHI S., KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN AREZOU, ALAVI MAJD HAMID. A SURVEY ON PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR SEVERITY IN WOMEN REFERRED TO TEHRAN LEGAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2003. SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE[Internet]. 2007;13(1 (45)):30-32. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/53409/en

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SH. NAJAFI DOULATABAD, M. HOSSEINZADEH, AZITA KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN, S. FATHI, AREZOU KHATAMI ZONOUZIAN, and HAMID ALAVI MAJD, “A SURVEY ON PHYSICAL SIGNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THEIR SEVERITY IN WOMEN REFERRED TO TEHRAN LEGAL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2003,” SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, vol. 13, no. 1 (45), pp. 30–32, 2007, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/53409/en

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