Forensic Gynaecology

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.

• Covers the health issues of victims of sexual violence, offering practical help for clinicians seeing victims in their clinical practice or sexual assault referral centres
• Also discusses other aspects of domestic and sexual violence, including male rape, child sexual exploitation, and female genital mutilation, covering a wide breadth of topics in one book
• The first book written specifically to cover the syllabi for the Diploma of Forensic and Clinical Aspects of Sexual Assault (DFCASA) examination and the RCOG ATSM in Forensic Gynaecology
• Many of the topics covered are relevant to doctors and nurses in their general work and areas that cause concern to many clinicians, such as consent and capacity, the court and legal statements

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.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Maureen Dalton, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Maureen Dalton specialises in forensic gynaecology and has been involved with the development of the RCOG's ATSM in 'Forensic gynaecology'. She also chaired the development of the Diploma in the Forensic and Clinical Aspects of Sexual Assault run by the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, London.She is the Clinical Lead Advisor to SW SARC Commissioning.

Contributors

Sir George Alberti, Bernadette Butler, Nigel Callahan, Janet Hall, Maureen Dalton, Mary Newton, Catherine White, Ian Wall, Christine Bassindale, Amrin Rahuf, Beata Cybulska, Karin Piegsa, Zoe Lodrick, Kim Hosier, Helena Thornton, Jason Payne-James, James Bloomer, Caroline Jones, Lucy Love, Jean Price, Catherine Golding, Carlene Firmin, Helen Beckett, Katherine A. Zakhour, Comfort Momoh, Nisha Krishnan, Susan Bewley, Vicky Evans