ABSTRACT
Battering by an intimate partner is the single most common cause of injuries to women requiring medical intervention, accounting for more injuries than automobile accidents, muggings, and rape combined. An estimated 1 million women each year seek medical assistance for injuries resulting from such battering. … Injuries vary widely, and can include black eyes, cuts, bruises, concussions, bites, burns, bone fractures, damage to hearing and vision, and knife and bullet wounds
