Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2005 Apr;48(4):821-843.

The guideline of management of sexual assault victim

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  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. islee@hosp.sch.ac.kr

Abstract

Because violent injury have increased in recent years, the sexual assault, or rape, is a significant and serious crime in our society. It is important that the physician be knowledgeable about the management of sexual assault victims. The role of physician evaluating the sexual assault victims has both medical and legal. The goals of intervention of sexual assault include identification and treatment of injury and infection, pregnancy prevention, evidence collection, and psychological assessment. Care violently injured victims that follows these guidelines is likely to ease assess and manage the patients and to promote patient's physical and psychological recovery.

Keyword

Sexual assault; Rape; Sexual violence

MeSH Terms

Crime
Humans
Pregnancy
Rape
Sex Offenses
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