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Descriptor English: Domestic Violence
Descriptor Spanish: Violencia Doméstica
Descriptor violencia doméstica
Entry term(s) violencia familiar
Scope note: Abuso físico, verbal o de otro tipo, deliberado, y a menudo repetitivo, ejercida por uno o más miembros de la familia contra otros miembros del hogar familiar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Violência Doméstica
Descriptor French: Violence domestique
Entry term(s): Family Violence
Violence, Domestic
Violence, Family
Tree number(s): I01.198.240.856.350
I01.880.735.900.350
SP2.770.750.103.782
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017579
Scope note: Deliberate, often repetitive physical, verbal, and/or other types of abuse by one or more members against others of a household.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Violence (1968-1993)
specific type of abuse (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Related: Sex Offenses MeSH
DeCS ID: 31499
Unique ID: D017579
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Domestic Violence - Preferred
Concept UI M0026642
Scope note Deliberate, often repetitive physical, verbal, and/or other types of abuse by one or more members against others of a household.
Preferred term Domestic Violence
Entry term(s) Violence, Domestic
Family Violence - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0026641
Preferred term Family Violence
Entry term(s) Violence, Family



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