Another face of violence against women: Infertility

ÖZTÜRK R., TANER A., Guneri S. E., Yilmaz B.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.33, sa.4, ss.909-914, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12669/pjms.334.12862
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.909-914
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Infertile women, Domestic violence, Nursing, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PREVALENCE
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background & Objective: 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.