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Domestic Violence of Pregnant Women and a Midwife's Role

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a pregnancy and delivery. Take the following hypothetical example, a woman who has formally been screen as negative in regards to domestic violence screen positive after presenting in an emergency  room with physical injuries. The patients social situation is stressful, as she has two children and experienced four miscarriages. She is 36 weeks pregnant and requests assistance. The following discussion  will explore the role of the midwife in handling such cases of domestic violence. All violence occurring within a home, whether it involves seniors, children, women or others, has  been defined as "domestic violence;" however, generally, domestic violence occurs between partners or ex-partners who are intimate (Peldhaus, 2001). The Family Value Prevent Fund defines domestic violence as "a  pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors--including physical sexual and psychological attacks...that adults or adolescents use against their intimate partners" (Peldhaus, 2001, p. 197). The problem of domestic violence and pregnancy  outcome An AMA study estimates that roughly 25 percent of American women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lives (Peldhaus, 2001). Injuries resulting from domestic violence outnumber  those of auto accidents, mugging, and sexual assault combined. Several studies have found that between 22 and 35 percent of the women who visit an emergency room are there for  symptoms that pertain to ongoing abuse, which can be either due to an injury, or as a simply a manifestation of the stress of enduring an abusive relationship (Randall,  1990). There have been research studies where the data suggests that the rate of domestic violence increases during pregnancy (Anonymous, 1994). Nevertheless, little research has been addressed to examining  the perinatal effect association with physical abuse (Anonymous, 1994). However, in a study conducted by Berenson and his colleagues, it was determined that pregnancy outcome can be independently associated with