Open AccessAnother face of violence against women: Infertility
Author(s) -
Ruşen Öztürk,
Aylin Taner,
Sezer Er Güneri,
Bülent Yılmaz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.334.12862
Subject(s) - medicine , face (sociological concept) , infertility , gynecology , medical emergency , pregnancy , genetics , sociology , biology , social science
Violence against women is a widespread problem and has serious implications on women's health. Infertility, in many ways, is a very stressful condition that affect social and marital life of a couple; moreover, compared to fertile women, infertile women are twice as vulnerable against violence. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of violence and define the effect of infertility on violence on women receiving infertility treatment.