Sexual assault and its medical, medicolegal, and social aspects--a retrospective study.

Autor: Ganguly RP; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata 700004., Patra KK, Jha T, Bhattacharya AR, Sarkar D
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the Indian Medical Association [J Indian Med Assoc] 2010 Oct; Vol. 108 (10), pp. 682, 690.
Abstrakt: A retrospective study of medical, medicolegal and social aspects was conducted in collaboration with the department of forensic medicine and toxicology during a period 2004-2009 among 42 victims of sexual assault who were admitted in the department of gynaecology and obstetrics of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. Majority (71%) of the victims were girls between age group 6-15 years. Sixty per cent of the victims were from poor family, 43% were illiterate and 72% had vaginal tear which required surgical management.
Databáze: MEDLINE