Storying domestic violence : constructions and stereotypes of abuse in the discourse of general practitioners
by
 
Mildorf, Jarmila.

Title
Storying domestic violence : constructions and stereotypes of abuse in the discourse of general practitioners

Author
Mildorf, Jarmila.

ISBN
9780803232594

Personal Author
Mildorf, Jarmila.

Publication Information
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.

Physical Description
xiv, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
Frontiers of narrative

Series Title
Frontiers of narrative

Contents
Introductio -- Narrative : theoretical background -- Domestic violence and the role of general practice : a narrative-analytic approach -- Signs of abuse : "classic" disclosures and narrative trajectories -- Setting the scene of abuse : metaphors and spatiotemporal mapping -- Mythologizing time, mythologizing violence : backgrounds and explanations of domestic abuse -- Agents of their own victimization : the women's role in the GPS' narratives -- Evaluating abuse : storied knowledge and salient facts -- Conclusion.

Subject Term
Family violence.
 
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
 
Narrative medicine.
 
Physician and patient.
 
Physicians (General practice)
 
Physician-Patient Relations.
 
Domestic Violence.
 
Narration.
 
Truth Disclosure.


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