Sexual Assault: A Clinical Guide

by Angelo P. Giardino MD, PhD, Elizabeth M. Datner MD, Janice B. Asher MD

Overview

660 pages, 95 images, 53 contributors Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span: A Clinical Guide offers a broad array of information for sexual assault intervention, from the fundamentals of physical evaluation and investigation to in-depth guides to the unique challenges presented by cases of sexual assault. Both novice and veteran practitioners will benefit from guidelines to best practices in physical examinations, evidence collection, and documentation, with the added benefit of chapters about special victim populations and the various roles of multidisciplinary team members. To present a complete overview of the professional approach to sexual assault in all its forms, Sexual Assault: Victimization Across the Life Span—A Clinical Guide includes sections dedicated to the presentation and effects of sexual violence in children and adults as well as chapters about victims with disabilities, victims in correctional settings, male victims, and more. This expansive clinical and forensic reference is essential for all professionals active in sexual assault response.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936590117
Publisher:	STM Learning, Inc.
Publication date:	02/27/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	660
File size:	33 MB
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About the Author

Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP is the medical director of Texas Children's Health Plan, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and an attending physician for the Texas Children's Hospital's forensic pediatrics service at the Children's Assessment Center in Houston, Texas.
Elizabeth Datner is the medical director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She joined the department in July 1995 after completing the George Washington University/Georgetown University Combined Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program. She received her MD from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1991. Her research interests lie in the areas of interpersonal violence and women's health, specifically domestic violence, youth violence, and pregnancy-related emergencies.
Janice Asher received her MD from Rush medical College in 1977. She is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is also the medical director of Women's Health in the Student Health Service at the university. From 1966 to 2001, she was the clinical director for Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility. Currently, she is the clinical director for the Institute of Safe Families, a Philadelphia-based organization specializing in professional training, policy development, and multidisciplinary coordination of relationship violence victim services. Janice Asher has lectured widely on the subject of relationship violence and trained medical students and physicians across the United States in violence assessment and intervention in the medical setting.

Table of Contents

1. Overview of Child Sexual Abuse 2. Anogenital Anatomy 3. Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse 4. Forensic Evaluations for Sexual Abuse 5. STDs in Sexually Abused Children 6. Differential Diagnosis 7. Screening for Treatment in Boys and Male Adolescents 8. Disability and Sexual Violence 9. Multidisciplinary Teamwork Issues 10. Documentation and Report Formulation 11. Networks and Technologies 12. Overview of Adolescent and Adult Sexual Assault 13. Genital Injury and Sexual Assault 14. The Evaluation of the Sexual Assault Victim 15. Forensic Issues in Caring for Adult Victims 16. DNA Evidence in Sexual Assault 17. STDs and Pregnancy Prophylaxis 18. Dating Violence and Acquaintance Rape 19. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape 20. Sexual Assault and Pregnancy 21. Rape and Sexual Abuse in Older Adults 22. Sexual Assault in Correctional Settings 23. Revised Trauma Theory 24. Social Supports 25. Moving Beyond a Don’t-Ask–Don’t-Tell Approach 26. Caring for the Caregiver 27. SANE-SART History and Role Development 28. The Role of EMS Prehospital Care Providers 29. Law Enforcement Issues 30. The Role of Police as First Responders 31. Legal Issues in Sexual Assault 32. Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases