Crimes Against Women and Children: A Medico-legal Guide

Crimes Against Women and Children: A Medico-legal Guide

ISBN 0-620-28734-9
Authors
David McQuoid-Mason, Professor of Procedural and Clinical Law, University of Natal; Bess Pillemer,
Attorney and IMLU Co-ordinator; Carol Friedman, Social Worker and Advocate; Mahomed Dada,
Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Natal

CONTENTS
Part A: Transition to democracy and the new health system
1. South Africa and the transition to democracy......................................... ........1
2. Protecting and enforcing rights and resolving conflicts.................................27
3. Health rights in the new health system .................................................. .......53
Part B: Medical law and ethics
4. Medical law and ethics............................................ ........................................79
5. Medical records, reports and evidence in court ...........................................111
Part C: Counselling and the protection of survivors of violence
6. Interviewing and counselling....................................... ..................................131
7. Understanding and protecting the
rights of women survivors of violence .................................................. .......153
8. Understanding and protecting the rights of children...................................185
Part D: Traumatology and clinical forensic medicine
9. Basic traumatology...................................... .................................................2 19
10. Applied reproductive anatomy and physiology ............................................225
11. Medico-legal aspects of ual offences .................................................. ..241
12. Medico-legal aspects of paediatric practice .................................................2 67
Footnotes, references and acknowledgements .................................................. ..297
Glossaries .................................................. .................................................. ..............303
Glossary of legal terms............................................. ............................................303
Glossary of medical terms .................................................. ..................................306
Appendices........................................ .................................................. ......................308
Appendix A: Bill of Rights .................................................. ...................................308
Appendix B: Ethical Codes............................................. .......................................311
Appendix C: Suggested Core Ethical Concepts for Nurses ..................................314
Appendix D: J88 Form.............................................. ............................................315
Appendix E: The Management of Survivors of ual Violence and Abuse .........319
Appendix F: The Management of child Survivors of Violence ..............................320

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