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Conceptualizing Physicians' Roles in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Resources
Alice Cavanagh1, Melissa Kimber1, Harriet L MacMillan1
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Violence Against Women
|August 22, 2022
Summary
Physician roles in intimate partner violence (IPV) care are shaped by educational resources. A cyclical model highlights learning, identifying, and responding to IPV, suggesting its medicalization.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Public Health
- Sociology of Health
Background:
- Educational resources significantly influence physician approaches to intimate partner violence (IPV).
- Understanding physician roles is crucial for effective patient care in IPV cases.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the representation of physician roles in intimate partner violence (IPV) education and policy documents.
- To develop a model of core physician roles in addressing IPV within the Canadian context.
Main Methods:
- Environmental scanning of 28 educational and policy documents related to IPV.
- Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to interpret the construction of physician roles.
Main Results:
- A cyclical model of three core physician roles was developed: learning about IPV, identifying patients experiencing IPV, and responding to disclosures.
- The representation of these roles suggests an ongoing medicalization of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Conclusions:
- Physician roles in addressing IPV are actively constructed through educational and policy materials.
- The findings indicate a trend towards the medicalization of intimate partner violence (IPV) within healthcare training.
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