Care of the Woman Who Has Been Raped
- 26 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 332 (4) , 234-237
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199501263320407
Abstract
Sexual assault is one of the fastest-growing violent crimes in the United States. In 1990, the Department of Justice reported that the annual incidence of sexual assault was 80 per 100,000 women, accounting for 7 percent of all violent crimes.1 Although the incidence of rape peaks among girls and women 16 to 19 years old in the United States, more than 60,000 rapes of women older than 50 years of age are reported annually.2 In this review I shall discuss the care of postmenarchal women raped by men.Sexual assault is defined as any sexual act performed by one person . . .Keywords
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