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Third, the absence of tension phase, sometimes referred to as the "honeymoon phase," is characterized by a lowering of violence and perhaps some type of reconciliation between the abuser and the battered person. However, under normal conditions, this phase does not endure very long and soon leads to repetition and an increased in tension (Burnett & Adler, 2006, Internet).
Without a doubt, the most dangerous time for women who are being abused by their husbands, boyfriends and male relatives is when they attempt to leave a relationship or separate themselves from the abuser. As Burnett and Adler point out, women "who are separated from their husbands have a risk of violence three times more than that of divorced women" and about twenty-five times more than that of women who are married. Not surprisingly, more than 75% of domestic assaults "occur after separation... with women most likely to be murdered when reporting abuse" and trying to leave an abusive relationship (2006, Internet).
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One important problem is the inability of physicians and other medical professionals to quickly recognize the characteristics of domestic violence. Thus, due to its magnitude in society, domestic violence should be included as "a topic of study in medical school curricula" as well as in hospital and outpatient protocols in order to quickly identify and treat those persons who suffer from the physical and psychological trauma of domestic violence (Berrios & Grady, 1991, 135).
References
Berrios, Daniel C. And Deborah Grady. (August 1991). Domestic Violence: Risk Factors and Outcomes. Western Journal of Medicine. 155. 133-35.
Burnett, Lynn B. And Jonathan Adler. (2006). "Domestic Violence." eMedicine. Internet. Retrieved at http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic153.htm#section~introduction.(in Journal of Domestic Violence, Vol. 2 no. 1 (2001): 145-55).
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