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Medico-Legal Findings, Legal Case Progression, and Outcomes in South African Rape Cases: Retrospective Review

BACKGROUND: Health services for victims of rape are recognised as a particularly neglected area of the health sector internationally. Efforts to strengthen these services need to be guided by clinical research. Expert medical evidence is widely used in rape cases, but its contribution to the progres...

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Autores principales: Jewkes, Rachel, Christofides, Nicola, Vetten, Lisa, Jina, Ruxana, Sigsworth, Romi, Loots, Lizle
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19823567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000164