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Abstract This is an integrative review aiming at searching, analyzing and comparing literature regarding the attention offered to women who are victims of domestic violence in the context of the Primary Healthcare (PH), focusing on the perception of nursing professionals. The following descriptors were used in the research: violence against women, domestic violence, primary healthcare. They were used in the databases LILACS, MEDLINE, IBECS, BDENF, Coleciona-SUS and VHL, from 2012 to 2017, for texts in English and Portuguese available in full. The research found 73 articles, from which 14 were selected in this study. The following categories were defined: Primary Healthcare as a gateway to the attention for women in situations of violence; Failure in the identification of violent situations and in the violence victim support network; and Perception of the nursing team regarding female victims of domestic violence. It was found that activities carried out in the PH have a high potential to offer adequate treatment to women who were the victims of violence. However, the team's own denial in the recognition of these situations, together with many other factors, make the process more difficult. The PH is the main gateway into a quality assistance for women victims of violence to find integral and hoslitic care. However, training and strengthening of the team are necessary.

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