TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Assessment of the sexually abused female children admitted to a tertiary care hospital: eight year experience
JO  - Pakistan journal of medical sciences quarterly
A1  - Mollamahmutoglu, Leyla
A1  - Uzunlar, Ozlem
A1  - Kahyaoglu, Inci
A1  - Ozyer, Sebnem
A1  - Besli, Mustafa
A1  - Karaca, Mujdegul
SP  - 1104
EP  - 1107
VL  - 30
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To discuss the medical, social and legal characteristics of the child sexual abuse and to provide a perspective for gynecologists on this topic. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective analysis was carried out of the medicolegal records of female children below the age of 18 referred to a tertiary teaching hospital and diagnosed as being exposed to sexual abuse within the family between the years of 2004 to 2012. <br><br>RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-nine cases were diagnosed as being exposed to sexual abuse during the 8 year period, 23 of them (16.5%) had been involved in sexual abuse within the family. Eleven out of 23 had been admitted as part of a legal process while the rest were reported by a third person. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Since sexual abuse within the family is a taboo in Islamic societies, the diagnosis can take a long time. Recognition of sexually abused children, providing early performance of medicolegal examinations, and applying standardized medical guidelines are essential to protect these children.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1682-024X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.305.5274
ID  - ref1
ER  -