Main description:

The fourth edition of this best-selling reference is a valuable resource to clinicians and child advocates serving children and families affected by suspicions of child sexual abuse.

Fully updated and revised by leading experts on child abuse, this resource covers what a complete and comprehensive medical evaluation entails, when to seek an examination, the importance of conducting a medical history, how discrepancies between a child's history and physical findings can be explained, how the child's medical record should be structured, what types of documentation should be expected, and how a medical diagnosis is formulated.

New Topics Include

Telemedicine in the child sexual abuse medical evaluation
Human trafficking
International issues in child sexual abuse
Enhanced focus on findings that mimic sexual abuse and on developmental considerations

Contents:

Foreword
Preface
1. The Problem
2. The Evaluation
3. Physical Examination
4. Documentation of Physical Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse
5. Sexually Transmitted Infections in Child And Adolescent Sexual Assault and Abuse
6. Forensic Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse
7. Adolescent Issues in Sexual Abuse
8. Mimics of Sexual Abuse
9. Telemedicine and the Child Sexual Abuse Medical Evaluation
10. The Roles of Nursing in Issues of Child Sexual Abuse
11. Developmental Considerations When Interviewing Children and the Forensic Evaluation Process
12. Child Sexual Abuse Education and Treatment for Youth
13. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Child Maltreatment: Accessing Community Resources
14. Legal Issues in the Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse
15. Child Sexual Exploitation: Recognition and Prevention Considerations
16. Human Trafficking
17. Documentation, Report Formulation, and Conclusions
18. Child Sexual Abuse: An International Perspective