The gynaecologist as an expert witness in cases of sexual abuse

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 41-42

  Faikoglu, Rehat ^a   Yükseloglu, Hülya ^b   Özcan, Sebnem ^c   Petridis, Gabriel ^b   Tari, Itir ^b   Kalfoglou, Ersi Abaci ^b,c  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Expert witness reports; Sexual abuse; Sexual assault; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COURT; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYMEN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL CRIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VICTIM;

EID: 34548728115     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60357-4     Document Type: Article

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