Estimated 510 pages, 257 images, 40 contributors Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault, Second Edition provides evidence-based research on diagnosis, treatment, and examination in cases of sexual violence and assault. Survivors of sexual assault face any number of unique challenges both on the path to physical and psychological recovery and in navigating the investigative and judicial processes related to their traumatic experiences. Medical practitioners who work with these survivors require informed expertise in order to support their patients' safety and personal well-being. The authors and contributors, a team of expert physicians, nurses, attorneys, and other multidisciplinary practitioners, have fully revised and updated Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault to reflect contemporary best practices in the investigation and treatment of sexual violence. Any professionals who work with victims of sexual assault will find this latest edition essential to their responsibilities and to the renewed well-being of those in their care.

Linda Ledray is the founder and director of the Minneapolis-based Sexual Assault Resource Service (SARS), one of the first SANE programs, which she developed in 1977. SARS provides competent forensic-medical services to sexual assault survivors at seven hospital sites in Hennepin County, MN. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota where she has taught in the School of Nursing and the Psychology Department. She has been active in humanitarian relief missions to Honduras, Thailand, and Bosnia and she has taught nationally and internationally on the topic of victim assistance, SANE-SART program development, and program evaluation. Linda Ledray was on active duty mobilized at the 2nd General Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. She is the section editor for the Journal of Emergency Nursing, SANE section and has published many articles and books including Recovering from Rape (1994) and the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Development and Operation Guide (1999).

Estimated 510 pages, 257 images, 40 contributors
Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault, Second Edition provides evidence-based research on diagnosis, treatment, and examination in cases of sexual violence and assault. Survivors of sexual assault face any number of unique challenges both on the path to physical and psychological recovery and in navigating the investigative and judicial processes related to their traumatic experiences. Medical practitioners who work with these survivors require informed expertise in order to support their patients' safety and personal well-being.
The authors and contributors, a team of expert physicians, nurses, attorneys, and other multidisciplinary practitioners, have fully revised and updated Medical Response to Adult Sexual Assault to reflect contemporary best practices in the investigation and treatment of sexual violence. Any professionals who work with victims of sexual assault will find this latest edition essential to their responsibilities and to the renewed well-being of those in their care.

1. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and Sexual Assault Response Team Overview and History
2. Basic Anogenital and Oral Anatomy
3. Body Injury and Dynamics of Sexual Assault
4. The Sexual Assault Exam Components and Documentation
5. Biological Evidence: Identification, Collection, Preservation, and Use in Courtroom Testimony
6. Postassault Prophylaxis
7. Male Sexual Assault Victims
8. Suspect Forensic Examinations
9. Victim Impact and Recovery
10. The Neurobiology of Traumatic Stress Responses After Sexual Assault
11. Education and Qualifications of the Forensic Nurse
in Sexual Assault Evaluation
12. Sexual Assault Response Team Operation
13. Sexual Assault Response in the Military
14. Campus Sexual Assault
15. Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
16. Domestic Violence and Partner Rape
17. Human Trafficking
18. Elder Sexual Abuse
19. Sexual Homicide
20. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs
21. Nonfatal Strangulation