Overview

Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault, Second Edition provides evidence-based research on diagnosis, treatment, and examination in cases of sexual violence and assault. Survivors of sexual assault face any number of unique challenges both on the path to physical and psychological recovery and in navigating the investigative and judicial processes related to their traumatic experiences. Medical practitioners who work with these survivors require informed expertise in order to support their patients’ safety and personal well-being. The authors and contributors, a team of expert physicians, nurses, attorneys, and other multidisciplinary practitioners, have fully revised and updated Medical Response to Child Sexual Abuse to reflect contemporary best practices in the investigation and treatment of sexual violence. Any professionals who work with victims of sexual assault will find this latest edition essential to their responsibilities and to the renewed well-being of those in their care.

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Author:   Linda E. Ledray ,  Ann Wolbert Burgess
Publisher:   STM Learning
Imprint:   STM Learning
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781936590728

ISBN 10:   1936590727
Pages:   510
Publication Date:   30 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Sexual Assault Response Team Overview and History 2. Basic Anogenital and Oral Anatomy 3. Body Injury and Dynamics of Sexual Assault 4. The Sexual Assault Exam Components and Documentation 5. Biological Evidence: Identification, Collection, Preservation, and Use in Courtroom Testimony 6. Postassault Prophylaxis 7. Male Sexual Assault Victims 8. Suspect Forensic Examinations 9. Victim Impact and Recovery 10. The Neurobiology of Traumatic Stress Responses After Sexual Assault 11. Education and Qualifications of the Forensic Nurse in Sexual Assault Evaluation 12. Sexual Assault Response Team Operation 13. Sexual Assault Response in the Military 14. Campus Sexual Assault 15. Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault 16. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape 17. Human Trafficking 18. Elder Sexual Abuse 19. Sexual Homicide 20. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs 21. Nonfatal Strangulation

Reviews

Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault is an outstanding text that mimics an encyclopedia as it covers a wide range of pertinent issues that include historical, medical, SANE, and legal perspectives. The book provides hard-to-find information about topics such as conducting a sexual assault examination, providing courtroom testimony, and identifying the complexities associated with crimes against vulnerable individuals, such as the elderly and incarcerated. The seasoned contributors bring the content alive with their experience, anecdotes, and superb writing. This text is most worthy of some precious space on your bookshelf. Carol Anne Marchetti, PhD, RNCS, SANE Southeast Regional Coordinator MA Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program Boston, Massachusetts Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault offers a comprehensive, holistic, and collaborative approach to adult sexual assault, and is an invaluable resource to any professional who may provide care to this population. This book provides the content and framework to expand and improve the quality of an interdisciplinary assessment and treatment of adult sexual assault. This resource also provides a broader scope of the specific dynamics of the adult sexual assault response in settings such as the military and college campuses, and informs the reader with greater understanding of the male sexual assault victim, elder sexual abuse, and human trafficking. Having all the relevant content in one textbook like this is an effective and informative tool for professionals in health care as well as other important disciplines serving these victims. Philip V. Scribano, DO, MSCE Associate Professor of Pediatrics College of Medicine Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio In Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault, Dr. Ledray leads the way for medical and allied health professionals to improve the medical care given to this population. According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, in 2007 there were 243 300 victims of adult sexual assault in the United States. This population has specific unmet needs, some of which can be met with the emergence into practice of the content knowledge from Dr. Ledray's book. This text is comprehensive in scope, covering the history of specialization care, categorizations of victims of adult sexual assault with common threads for identification and treatment, and includes a chapter on evidence collection, preservation, and identification that will strongly support the legal machinations that must occur. This text should become a necessary and well-worn resource to medical professionals working with adult sexual assault victims. Karyn E. Holt, CNM, PhD Associate Clinical Professor Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The authors of Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault provide an invaluable resource for the professionals who collaborate to provide services to victims of sexual assault. The range of chapters and the comprehensiveness with which each chapter is written demonstrates a complete and detailed understanding of the issues associated with sexual assault cases. The reader will find that reference and the use of this resource to be most rewarding. This superbly edited text by three of the most well-respected clinicians in the area of sexual assault will undoubtedly become a standard in educational settings across a diverse professional spectrum. L. Kathleen Sekula, PhD, APRN-BC Associate Professor Director, Forensic Graduate Programs School of Nursing Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Author Information

Linda Ledray is the founder and director of the Minneapolis-based Sexual Assault Resource Service (SARS), one of the first SANE programs, which she developed in 1977. SARS provides competent forensic-medical services to sexual assault survivors at seven hospital sites in Hennepin County, MN. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota where she has taught in the School of Nursing and the Psychology Department. She has been active in humanitarian relief missions to Honduras, Thailand, and Bosnia and she has taught nationally and internationally on the topic of victim assistance, SANE-SART program development, and program evaluation. Linda Ledray was on active duty mobilized at the 2nd General Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. She is the section editor for the Journal of Emergency Nursing, SANE section and has published many articles and books including Recovering from Rape (1994) and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Development and Operation Guide (1999). Ann Burgess is an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. She has received several honors for her work including the Sigma Theta Tau International Audrey Hepburn Award and the American Nurses’ Association Hildegard Peplau Award. She co-founded one of the first hospital-based crisis counseling programs at Boston City Hospital. She has worked with the FBI Academy special agents to study serial offenders and the links between child abuse, juvenile delinquency, and subsequent perpetration. Her recent research includes studies in elder abuse in nursing homes, cyberstalking, and Internet sex crimes. She is currently a professor at the Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing and teaches courses in victimology, forensic science, forensic mental health, case studies in forensics, and forensic science labs.

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