Product Description
Interpreting Medical Findings in Sexual Contact and Abuse: A reference handbook for legal and health practitioners
Authors: S Naidoo, SR Bugwandeen, SR Naidoo, NH McKerrow
Format: Physical Hardcopy
This book examines sexual contact and abuse from a purely scientific and medical perspective and, as such, the book covers:
the recently updated and relevant legislation
the sexual biology (anatomy and physiology) of the body, especially related to understanding medical aspects of injury and sexual contact, how and when injuries are caused, and how these relate to findings and their consequences
the critical aspects of medical forensic examinations including incident history, clinical examination technique, medical findings, evidence collection, special laboratory investigations and medical reports for court.
The cadre of forensic nursing as a professional scope of nursing has recently been accepted by the Nursing Council and is now beginning to emerge, and legally in this country such nurses are now allowed to examine sexual abuse cases, issue reports and give testimony provided they undergo an accredited training programme in sexual abuse medicine. In addition, medical and legal professionals need to understand, interpret, and present sexual medical evidence appropriately in sexual offences cases.
This book will serve as a ready reference for the understanding and interpretation of the sexual biology and medicine, both in the medical practitioner’s consulting room and the courtroom.
Editor
Dr Steve Naidoo, is an independent consultant forensic pathologist and clinical forensic practitioner in Durban, South Africa.
Contents:
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PART I: LEGAL, ADMINISTRATIVE & ETHICAL ASPECTS
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Chapter 1 – Legislation & offences
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Chapter 2 – Responses on the management of sexual offences
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Chapter 3 – Authorisation, consent & ethical issues of medical examinations
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PART II: BIOLOGY OF SEXUAL CONTACT
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Chapter 4 – Properties of skin and mucous membranes in injury
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Chapter 5 – Physical injuries – relevant aspects
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Chapter 6 – Biology of sexual function
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Chapter 7 – Genital injury during sexual intercourse
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Chapter 8 – Biological evidence in sexual contact
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Chapter 9 – Sexually transmitted infections
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PART III: CLINICAL ASPECTS
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Chapter 10 – The clinical examination and its medicolegal issues
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Chapter 11 – Selected aspects of the child victim of sexual abuse
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Chapter 12 – Documentation and reaching clinical conclusions
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Chapter 13 – Principles for medical treatment of survivors of sexual abuse
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PART IV: MISCELLANEOUS
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Chapter 14 – Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) and toxicology
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Chapter 15 – Misconceptions around sexuality and rape
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Chapter 16 – Validation of the clinical examiner
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