Violence Through a Forensic Lens

by Ann Wolbert Burgess

For nurses, dealing with violence is not an option. Because it's part of life, it's part of their practice. The author takes readers through it all-assault, rape, and homicide-in our streets, our homes, our schoopls, every healthcare setting and even the Internet.

338 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Ann Wolbert Burgess, D.N.Sc., APRN, FAAN, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. She has received numerous honors including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award, the American Nurses’ Association Hildegard Peplau Award, and the Sigma Theta Tau International Episteme Laureate Award. Her courtroom testimony has been described as “groundbreaking,” and she has been called a “nursing pathfinder.”