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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 136-140 |
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Attempted intimate partner homicide: Case series and experience in a Nigerian suburban hospital
Andrew Akarutu Okomayin, Quincy O Aigbonoga, Eghosa Morgan, Esteem Tagar, Clement Odion, Oluwafemi O Awe, Andrew E Dongo
Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Andrew Akarutu Okomayin
Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jmwa.jmwa_9_21
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Intimate partner homicide – an increasingly global, mental and public health issue with enormous social and economic consequences – is widely unreported and undocumented in Nigeria. This article reports attempted homicides managed in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital within 2 years. It aims to arouse public interest to stimulate the enactment of protective policies for vulnerable victims who are mostly women. |
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