This book for GPs on family violence aims to provide the theoretical and practical grounding to respond effectively and safely to all forms of violence. Contributions are drawn from general practice itself, related medical specialties, social work, sociology, psychology, the law and patient representative groups. It was refreshing . . . to turn to this book and read such a comprehensive review of the problem of family violence. It is compiled by GPs able to call upon the expertise of authors, who can write plain English, who demonstrate an awareness of the context in which family violence presents to primary care health workers . . . If the lessons to be learnt from this book are heeded, then great progress will have been made to prevent this from happening.