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Combatting Gender-Based Violence: Perspectives from Social Work, Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Medical Anthropology

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Though some doctors in various parts of the world lack a sense of sophistication and/or finesse in their patient–doctor relations, they find creative ways to address the unique and complex cases of sexual assault that come into their examination room. Importantly, however, some doctors are seemingly unaware of the complex set of uses that potentiate gender-based violence (GBV), and in minimizing the problem, they offer few solutions, suggesting the need for support teams that consist of a variety of professionals: social workers, lawyers, activists, and nurses. This chapter presents cases that depict of how structural violence is located on the body, highlighting how institutions and support systems are inherently violence against women, deepening the culture and norms around GBV.

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    “Victim-patient” is a term taken from Sameena Mulla’s work on forensic nurses and their use of photography in sexual assault evidence collection in USA.

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  1. University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, USA

    Nadine S. Murshid & Melinda Lemke

  2. Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA

    Azfar Hussain

  3. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Shahana Siddiqui

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Murshid, N.S., Lemke, M., Hussain, A., Siddiqui, S. (2020). Combatting Gender-Based Violence: Perspectives from Social Work, Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Medical Anthropology. In: Smith, K., Ram, P. (eds) Transforming Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32112-3_6

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