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Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 211-229
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Suppressing the Voices of the Survivors
Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 211-229, 1998
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 11 Jan 2010
Last Revised: 20 Jun 2018
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Date Written: 1998
Abstract
Factors that have stopped victims of sexual assault or exploitation by health professionals from reporting the assaults - sense of shame is the principal deterrent - inequality and trust inherent between patient and practitioner - experiences for those who do report may be less than satisfactory.
Keywords: sexual assault, reporting sexual assault
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Easteal, Patricia L., Suppressing the Voices of the Survivors (1998). Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 211-229, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1511387
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