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A SYSTEMIC TREATMENT APPROACH TO WIFE BATTERING
Author(s) -
Cook David R.,
FrantzCook Anne
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1984.tb00568.x
Subject(s) - wife , systemic therapy , domestic violence , psychology , psychotherapist , medical emergency , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , law , political science , cancer , breast cancer
This article places the problem of wife battering or domestic abuse in a systemic framework. Literature that bears most directly on a systemic understanding and treatment of wife battering is reviewed. A comprehensive approach to treatment as it might be utilized by marriage and family therapists is outlined and a case example is presented.