Main description:

This comprehensive book covers the care of victims of sexual and domestic violence. Containing much practical advice - including writing legal reports and court skills, and issues of consent and capacity - the content highlights throughout the need to provide good-quality care to victims, not just for successful prosecutions but, more importantly, for the sake of the victim's mental and physical health. There are chapters on important topics such as child sex exploitation, female genital mutilation, male victims, training, and psychological issues. The content covers the syllabi for DFCASA, MFFLM(SOM) Part 2 and the RCOG ATSM in forensic gynaecology. This book is recommended for gynaecologists, sexual health doctors and nurses, genitourinary medicine doctors and nurses, emergency medicine doctors and nurses, midwives, counsellors and psychologists who work with victims, paediatricians, forensic doctors and nurses, specialist police officers and lawyers, and those working in sexual assault referral centres and independent sexual violence advisers.

Contents:

Foreword Sir George Alberti; Preface; 1. Initial contact Bernadette Butler; 2. Significant law - sexual offence medicine Nigel Callahan; 3. The history Janet Hall; 4. Consent Maureen Dalton; 5. The sexual assault examination kit Mary Newton; 6. The general examination Catherine White; 7. The examination: injuries Ian Wall; 8. The genital examination Christine Bassindale and Amrin Rahuf; 9. Aftercare: genitourinary medicine issues Beata Cybulska; 10. Aftercare: emergency contraception Karin Piegsa; 11. Aftercare: psychological issues Zoe Lodrick and Kim Hosier; 12. The statement Helena Thornton; 13. Court skills Jason Payne-James and James Bloomer; 14. Male rape and sexual assault Caroline Jones; 15. Sexual abuse of the elderly Lucy Love; 16. Child sexual abuse Jean Price and Catherine Golding; 17. Child sex exploitation Carlene Firmin and Helen Beckett; 18. Female genital mutilation Katherine A. Zakhour and Comfort Momoh; 19. Domestic abuse Nisha Krishnan and Susan Bewley; 20. Education and training Vicky Evans; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Index.