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GPs responses to domestic violence are influenced by notions of patient autonomy when responding to domestic violence situations where the women are of non-western migrant backgrounds. 3/3.

The authors explore the role of patient autonomy - a core principle in Dutch general practice. GPs must respect the autonomy of patients: 'people should be able to make decisions free from pressure and coercion from others about the (health) care they do and do not need.' 2/3.

📢New OPEN ACCESS article from our special issue! . Saartje Tack and Sawitri Saharso draw on semi-structured interviews with GPs to determine how GPs in the Netherlands navigate decision making processes around domestic violence intervention. 1/3.

Franco and Augusto discuss the implications for practice based on their findings. They provide insights into how health care responses can be improved to better prevent and address domestic violence. 3/3.

The authors conducted focus groups with health professionals working in primary health care in an inland region of Portugal. Their findings point to a lack of specific protocol, insufficient information and limited skills in responding to domestic violence. 2/3.

NEW article from our special issue!🙌🙌. In this article, Solange Franco and Amélia Augusto write about health professionals' intervention in the context of domestic violence against women. 1/3.

The interview discusses how healthcare structures are not developed for marginalised women and girls. They call for a transdisciplinary approach to analysing the effectiveness of global healthcare systems - to make space for lived experiences. 3/3.

The authors bring attention to the 'plantocratic patriarchal culture' in Barbados, which they deem an important first acknowledgement to addressing the issues raised in the interview. 2/3.

New OPEN ACCESS article! . This paper presents an interview with activist, Marsha Myrie, and attorney at law, Anya A. A. Lorde, on gendered disparities and violence against women in the Caribbean. 1/3.

Kate—the victim-survivor—navigated health systems aimed at assisting women experiencing domestic violence. The conference audienced watched on as these systems failed her. Rose and colleagues show us how arts-based approaches can powerfully communicate research findings. 3/3.

Using a drama-based method, Rose and colleagues wrote a play using the first-person narrative voice of a victim-survivor and performed it at a domestic violence conference. The play presented the challenges and barriers survivors of coercive control face. 2/3.

🚨NEW article alert🚨. In this OPEN ACCESS article, Judy Rose, Toni McCallum, Menka Tsantefski and Zoe Rathus illustrate the responses of healthcare and legal systems to women experiencing coercive control. 1/3.

Through in-depth interviews with women of refugee backgrounds and stakeholders from the domestic violence sector, the authors reveal stressors that impact violence and offer insights into how best to support refugee women experiencing domestic violence. 2/2.

Check out this OPEN ACCESS article from our special issue!. Mandy Hughes and Louise Whitaker explore the etiology of domestic and family violence in women from refugee backgrounds living in non-metropolitan Australia. 1/2.

'For Indigenous patients, their presentation may not be taken seriously, and treatment and care resources may be allocated in ways that disadvantage them compared to other patients.' 3/3.

Drawing on data from interviews and focus groups with Indigenous women, hospital staff and community-based service providers, Fitts and Soldatic find that Indigenous women are dealing with healthcare responses and services that are not designed or suited for their needs. 2/3.

New OPEN ACCESS article from our special issue!. Michelle Fitts and Karen Soldatic examine the experiences of Indigenous women with traumatic brain injury from violence and their engagement with healthcare and service support in Australia. 1/3.