While awareness of child sexual abuse has increased greatly, physicians have traditionally received little or no training in evaluating suspected abuse. This is the first medical book to combine a step-by-step discussion of how to interview and evaluate sexually abused children with a complete photographic atlas containing 120 color illustrations documenting signs of abuse. Chapters in the text deal with such topics as the psychological aspects of abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, the forensic team, and the role of the physician in court. This volume is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for pediatricians and all other primary care physicians who see children in their practice.
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"Provides a comprehensive guide to adequate detection and evaluation of child sexual abuse. The uniqueness of the book lies in the photographic atlas. . . . clearly distinguish between normal and traumatized genitalia. . . . invaluable instruments in training a physician to correctly identify genital anomalies. . . . a well-researched, highly visual book that provides invaluable information about child sexual abuse. . . . an indispensable visual resource in working with children who have been sexually abused." --Journal of Pediatric Psychology
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Astrid H. Heger, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine where she is Executive Director of the LAC/USC Violence Intervention Program. Dr. Heger is a pioneer researcher in the diagnosis of child sexual abuse and in the use of colposcopy and photodocumentation for the evaluation of pediatric genital anatomy. She has published and lectured widely on the medical evaluation of the sexually abused child.
S. Jean Emans, M.D. is Associate Chief in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Emans has been actively involved in the medical care of pediatric and adolescent patients with gynecological problems and has been a longtime consultant to the Child Sexual Abuse Team at Children's Hospital, Boston. She has been the author of numerous scientific papers, including research on the medical criteria for the diagnosis of child sexual abuse.
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