Medical Care for Male and Female Incest Victims and Their Parents (IN: Sexual Abuse: Incest Victims and Their Families, ed. by J Goodwin)

This chapter aims to refocus physician concern from mastery of the forensic pelvic exam to providing needed medical care to the victim & to other family members. An extended doctor-patient relationship can allay intense anxiety in the child; to allow the child to redefine the event as a treatable physical injury; to treat sequelae in the victim, including venereal disease, pregnancy, & promiscuity; & to treat physical problems identified in the victim or other family members. (19 refs.) (LH)