Sexual Assault: Quick Reference for Healthcare, Social Services and Law Enforcement Professionals - Softcover

Giardino MD PhD FAAP, Angelo P.; Datner MD, Elizabeth; Asher MD, Janice; Girardin RN PhD, Barbara W.; Faugno RN BSN CPN FAAFS SANE-A, Diana K.; Spencer MD, Mary J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878060384 ISBN 13: 9781878060389

Publisher: G.W. Medical Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Sexual assault can happen to anyone at any age. Sexual Assault Quick-Reference offers an invaluable resource for physicians, emergency room staff, EMTs, social service personnel, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and anyone else who may be confronted with a sexual assault victim of any age. In these situations, there is no room for error. The right knowledge, accurate diagnosis, and treatment of sexual assault cases can better protect victims and hold their perpetrators accountable.

In a convenient pocket-sized format, Sexual Assault Quick-Reference provides easy-to-access information on topics such as what is and what is not sexual assault, the roles of the various interdisciplinary team members and their effectiveness in dealing with victims, and common characteristics of assault perpetrators. Possible interventions for victims are also given. You are walked through the process of detecting sexual assault and caring for the victims, and told what is needed to successfully prosecute perpetrators.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Sexual Assault Quick Reference is an invaluable resource and field guide in a convenient pocket-sized format providing easy access to information for medical, forensic, and law enforcement investigations of sexual assault. Topics include the roles of multidisciplinary teams, abusive and nonabusive variants, physical and forensic evaluation procedures, STIs, domestic violence, DNA collection and testing, disabled victims, and preparing for prosecution. This reference is especially helpful to first responders, emergency room staff, sexual assault nurse examiners, social service agents, and anyone else needing a concise guide to working with sexual assault victims.\

About the Author:

Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, FAAP Dr. Giardino is the Associate Chair for Pediatrics and the medical director for Child Abuse Services at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Giardino earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He earned his doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, where his work focused on outcomes assessment in professional education. He was named a clinical scholar at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar's Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is a research fellow in the Division of General Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During fellowship training, he pursued specialized training in the evaluation of child abuse and neglect. In 1995, while at the Children's Seashore house, he founded the Abuse Referral Clinic for Children with Special Care Needs. This clinic provided interdisciplinary evaluations of children with disabilities who were suspected of having been abused. Currently, Dr. Giardino serves as an attending physician on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

About this edition

• Publisher: G.W. Medical Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1878060384
• ISBN 13: 9781878060389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576