India's two finger test after rape violates women and should be eliminated from medical practice

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Khambati, Nisreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER BIAS; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; HYMEN; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHORT SURVEY; TWO FINGER TEST; VIRGINITY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; PALPATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INDIA; PALPATION; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901020066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3336     Document Type: Short Survey

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