Grunfeld A F, Larsson D M, Mackay K, Hotch D
Domestic Violence Program, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, British Columbia.
Can Fam Physician. 1996 Aug;42:1485-93.
To describe the experiences of four elderly abused women to better understand the influence of violence on their lives and the implications for intervention by family physicians.
Qualitative case presentations of four elderly women who participated in a hospital-based domestic violence intervention program.
The Domestic Violence Program of Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, an intervention program based in the emergency department.
Four English-speaking working-class women ranging from 63 to 73 years of age who had experienced battering by male partners and who volunteered after expressing interest in follow-up service by the Domestic Violence Program.
Qualitative analysis of the oral narratives of the four participants.
Eleven themes emerging from the women's narratives were identified and illustrated with verbatim quotations: the marriage license as a hitting license, violence in the family of origin, powerlessness, women treated as objects, survival, barriers to leaving, memories linked to children's ages, community support, turning points, integrating and processing experiences of abuse, and witnessing and helping other women.
The abuse these women endured greatly influenced their lives and health.
描述四名受虐老年妇女的经历，以更好地理解暴力对她们生活的影响以及对家庭医生干预的启示。
对参与一项基于医院的家庭暴力干预项目的四名老年妇女进行定性案例展示。
温哥华医院及健康科学中心的家庭暴力项目，这是一个设在急诊科的干预项目。
四名说英语的工人阶级妇女，年龄在63岁至73岁之间，她们曾遭受男性伴侣的殴打，并在表示对家庭暴力项目的后续服务感兴趣后自愿参与。
对四名参与者的口头叙述进行定性分析。
从这些妇女的叙述中确定了11个主题，并用逐字引用进行了说明：结婚证成为殴打许可证、原生家庭中的暴力、无力感、女性被当作物品对待、生存、离开的障碍、与孩子年龄相关的记忆、社区支持、转折点、整合和处理受虐经历，以及见证并帮助其他女性。
这些妇女所遭受的虐待对她们的生活和健康产生了极大影响。
