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Descriptor English: Spouse Abuse
Descriptor Spanish: Maltrato Conyugal
Descriptor maltrato conyugal
Entry term(s) maltrato a la esposa
maltrato a la pareja
síndrome de la esposa maltratada
Scope note: Daños deliberados, graves y repetidos infligidos por una persona a su pareja.
Descriptor Portuguese: Maus-Tratos Conjugais
Descriptor French: Violence conjugale
Entry term(s): Abuse, Partner
Abuse, Spousal
Abuse, Spouse
Abuse, Wife
Partner Abuse
Spousal Abuse
Wife Abuse
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.856.350.750
I01.198.240.856.575.500
I01.880.735.900.350.750
I01.880.735.900.688.500
SP9.242.569.803.872.671
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013179
Scope note: Deliberate severe and repeated injury to one domestic partner by the other.
Annotation: wife or husband abused or abuser
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DI diagnosis
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
TH therapy
Public MeSH Note: 77
History Note: 77
DeCS ID: 13564
Unique ID: D013179
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/05/19
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Spouse Abuse - Preferred
Concept UI M0020390
Scope note Deliberate severe and repeated injury to one domestic partner by the other.
Preferred term Spouse Abuse
Entry term(s) Abuse, Spousal
Abuse, Spouse
Spousal Abuse
Partner Abuse - Broader
Concept UI M0020392
Preferred term Partner Abuse
Entry term(s) Abuse, Partner
Wife Abuse - Narrower
Concept UI M0020391
Preferred term Wife Abuse
Entry term(s) Abuse, Wife



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