Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span 2E, Volume 2: Evaluation of Children and Adults - Softcover

Angelo P. Giardino; Diana K. Faugno; Mary J. Spencer; Michael L. Weaver; Patricia M. Speck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936590026 ISBN 13: 9781936590025

Publisher: STM Learning, Inc., 2016

Synopsis

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Life Span, Volume 2: Evaluation of Children and Adults is the second in a 3-volume set of sexual assault references. This second volume focuses on the particular needs of sexual assault survivors in various age groups, including chapters on child sexual abuse and sexual violence against adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Readers will enjoy the benefit of specially tailored instruction on the care and assessment of survivors in all of these age groups, emphasizing the unique needs of each.

This all-new, comprehensive guide includes essential information for sexual assault investigators of every variety. Social service workers, law enforcement personnel, medical practitioners, and prosecuting attorneys will all benefit from a versatile, multidisciplinary study of sexual assault in specific age groups across the life span, complete with more than 200 full-color photos provided by expert investigators working in the field.

About this title

About the Author:

Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP
Angelo Giardino 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. Angelo Giardino completed his residency and fellowship training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Immediately after his fellowship training, Angelo Giardino became the assistant, and then the associate, medical director at Health Partners of Philadelphia, where he had primary responsibility for utilization management, intensive case management, and health care data analysis. He also shared responsibility for the plan's quality improvement program. Additionally, he began the Child Abuse and Neglect Team for Children with Special Health Care Needs, which was funded by a three-year grant from a local philanthropy. In 1998, he was appointed associate chair of clinical operations in the Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and in June of 1999 he was asked to chair the CHOP Quality Committee. These accomplishments are only a few of his career.

Michael L. Weaver, MD, FACEP, CDM
Michael Weaver has served as Medical Director for St. Luke s Hospital s Sexual Assault Treatment Center in Kansas City, Missouri, since 1980. The program has expanded throughout the St. Luke s Health System s eleven hospitals and has evolved into a full Clinical Forensic Care Program addressing the needs of elderly abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence patients. St. Luke s established the first private Sexual Assault Treatment Center in the country and was part of the first and largest Sexual Assault Response and Resource Teams (SARRT) program in 1974. He is currently Medical Director of their SANE program, a founding member of the Kansas City Interdisciplinary Response to Sexual Assault (KCIRSA), and a board member of EVAW International. He is also a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians task force that developed and published the Evaluation and Management of the Sexually Assaulted or Sexually Abused Patient. He has lectured for several organizations including the National College of District Attorneys; participated in the video Presenting Medical Evidence at Trial developed by the Department of Justice, National Judicial Education Program; and worked with the Department of Justice s Office on Violence against Women to develop A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations Adult/Adolescence. He recently received recognition from the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department for his efforts to improve care of sexual assault victims, and in 2005, he was awarded the Visionary Award from the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). He is the also the Medical Director of the multidisciplinary 7th Annual Forensic Investigations Conference, addressing sexual assault, domestic violence, child and elderly abuse education from the crime scene to the courtroom.

Patricia M. Speck, DNSc, APN, FNP-BC, FAAFS, DF-IAFN, FAAN
Patricia Speck is an internationally recognized family nurse practitioner who specializes in public health and forensic nursing. She graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing and later completed her doctoral dissertation on sexual assault program evaluation. As a board certified family nurse practitioner, Patricia s clinical practice focuses on the health aftermath of violence and her research centers on forensic nursing practice topics. She is a consultant, author, and lecturer on forensic nursing and has earned more than 20 local, national, and international awards and professional honors for her work.

Review:

Sexual Assault Victimization Across the Lifespan, Second Edition, is a comprehensive 3-volume set that will be a valuable resource for all health care providers involved in the evaluation and management of sexual assault victims. The full, 3-volume set consists of 39 chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of sexual assault, including assault of boys and male adolescents, persons with disabilities, and assault among LGBTQ populations. Chapters are comprehensive and detailed. Of particular value are the sections referred to as Tips from the Bench which include comments beyond the medical assessment that may have relevance to child protective services, law enforcement, and mental health providers. In addition, each chapter starts off with a section designated Purpose of the Chapter which sets the agenda for the chapter, followed by the chapter s learning objectives. This book will serve as an invaluable guide to those who for sexual assault victims. --Carol D. Berkowitz M.D. FAAP FACEP
Executive Vice Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

About this edition

• Publisher: STM Learning, Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1936590026
• ISBN 13: 9781936590025
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 300