The Heaviest Way of Violence Agaınst Women: Honor Kiliıngs

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In all part of the world women face with violence, honor killings are an extreme way of violence. It is known that, especially in the communities that has a feudal system women killed due to honor. Honor killings, as a way of displaying violent behavior, stems from the culture, particularly value system of the societies. Therefore, in order to understand honor killings better, the concept of honor, which underlies them, should be addressed. In this article, various studies attempting to explain honor killings and address the concept of honor are reviewed in order to attract attention to the subject. In addition, the responsibilities of health care workers and some proposals on prevention of honor killings’ discussed.

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Honor killings , violence against women , women health , health care workers

Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences

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Journal Of Anatolia Nursing an‎d Health Sciences