Establishing a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-121

  Houmes, Blaine V ^a,c   Fagan, Melissa M ^a   Quintana, N Marcela ^b  

^a Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence collection; Forensic medicine; SANE; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TOXICOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037666813     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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