Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse: A Resource for Clinicians and Other Professionals
This is a valuable, exhaustive resource combining anatomic, epidemiologic, therapeutic, and preventative strategies for children and young adults. Beginning with historical context and moving through basic anatomy, physiology, and pathology, the reader quickly learns best practices in health services for sexual abuse, assault, and exploitation. Team approaches, collaboration, telemedicine, training, treatment, and mental health services are reviewed in great detail, and there is a superlative discussion of research methods and the state of knowledge in the field topped off with legal and international issues and prevention. This book should be read by any professional who wants to responsibly provide services for children and families facing these difficult problems. --Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics New York University School of Medicine New York, New YorkThis comprehensive text will be an invaluable resource to any medical provider who has contact with children. With topics ranging from basic genital anatomy to court testimony and future directions for prevention, it is an excellent resource not only for those whose careers are primarily focused on child sexual abuse but also to those who simply desire a basic understanding. In recent decades, there have been tremendous advances in medicine related to child sexual abuse, and this book synthesizes all of this information. --Mark Hudson, MD Midwest Children s Resource Center Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota St. Paul, MinnesotaThis comprehensive text ought to be available to each multidisciplinary team member tasked with treating and/or investigating child and adolescent sexual abuse and assault. Diverse topics are carefully addressed including interviewing children with impairments, commercial sexual exploitation, and efficacious mental health therapies. Dr. Allan De Jong s chapter on acute sexual abuse should be required reading for physicians and sexual assault nurse examiners tasked with forensic evidence collection and acute medical treatment. Dr. Martin Finkel details the highest standards to which clinicians should adhere as they elicit histories, conduct physical exams, and complete medicolegal documentation. This text is an excellent resource for both novice and established clinicians who serve child sexual abuse survivors and their families. --Tanya Hinds, MD, FAAP Child Abuse Pediatrician Children s National Medical Center Washington DC