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Sexual Assault: Quick Reference for Healthcare, Social Service, and Law Enforcement Professionals
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Sexual Assault can happen to anyone at any age. Sexual Assault Quick-Reference offers an invaluable resource for physicians, ER staff, EMTs, social service personnel, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and anyone else who may be confronted with a sexual assault victim of any age. In these situations, there is no room for error. The right knowledge, accurate diagnosis, and treatment of sexual assault cases can better protect victims and hold their perpetrators accountable.
In a convenient pocket-sized format Sexual Assault Quick-Reference provides easy-to-access information on topics such as the accurate identification of sexual assault, the roles of the various interdisciplinary team members and their effectiveness in dealing with victims, and common characteristics of assault perpetrators. Possible interventions for victims are also given. Readers are walked through the process of detecting sexual assault, caring for the victims, and successfully prosecuting perpetrators.
Sexual Assault Quick-Reference highlights assault and non-assault findings to aid in the formation of a diagnosis. Topics unique to the sexual victimization of children, adolescents, and adults are presented. Other valuable information on domestic violence, acquaintance rape, male sexual assault, sexual assault in correctional settings, assault of the elderly, and victimization of people with disabilities is included. If you are a professional who may come in contact with a sexual assault victim, ensure that you are equipped with the most up-to-date and accurate information available on the topic with Sexual Assault Quick-Reference.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #189971 in Books
- Published on: 2003-10-15
- Released on: 2003-10-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Spiral-bound
- 560 pages
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- ISBN13: 9781878060389
- Condition: USED - ACCEPTABLE
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Editorial Reviews
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"Quick Reference offers the reader a vast amount of readily accessible clinically pertinent information. A well designed resource which should prove invaluable to all professionals involved with the care of maltreated children" --International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Pocket-sized reference provides quick access information for medical examination, forensic evaluation, and law enforcement investigation of sexual abuse and assault. -- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA.
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"Quick reference offers the reader a vast amount of readily accessible clinically pertinent information. A well designed resource which should prove invaluable to all professionals involved with the care of maltreated children"International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
About the Author
Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, FAAP Dr. Giardino is the Associate Chair for Pediatrics and the medical director for Child Abuse Services at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Giardino earned his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He earned his doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, where his work focused on outcomes assessment in professional education. He was named a clinical scholar at the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar's Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and is a research fellow in the Division of General Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During fellowship training, he pursued specialized training in the evaluation of child abuse and neglect. In 1995, while at the Children's Seashore house, he founded the Abuse Referral Clinic for Children with Special Care Needs. This clinic provided interdisciplinary evaluations of children with disabilities who were suspected of having been abused. Currently, Dr. Giardino serves as an attending physician on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic Guide
I am studying to become a SANE and this book has been invaluable to me.. It is easey to read and subject matter is concose and to the point.
