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Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse: A Practical Guide, 2nd ed
by Martin A. Finkel, DO, and Angelo P. Giardino, MD, eds, 298 pp,
$79.95, ISBN 0-7619-2082-X, Thousand Oaks, Calif, Sage Publications, Inc,
2001.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:627.
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The title of this text implies that it is a brief, yet practical, review
of the approach to a child who alleges sexual abuse. However, Medical Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse is much more. It is a comprehensive,
multidisciplinary reference that provides a well-designed, thoughtful compendium
of the subject. The editors have chosen authors who are well respected in
their fields and employ a clear, well-focused, research-supported approach.
The first 2 chapters, entitled "The Problem" and "The Evaluation," authored
by the coeditors, lay the framework for the rest of the book. "The Problem"
defines what child sexual abuse is, differentiates it from adult sexual abuse,
and discusses some of the more commonly accepted psychobiological models.
Dr Finkel's chapter, "The Evaluation," is a handbook in and of itself. Without
taking too much of a "cookbook" approach, this chapter is really an introductory
course in child sexual abuse for the medical practitioner; . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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