title: Hospitals respond to rising rape rate.
abstract: As the rape rate increases, hospitals increasingly are being called upon to treat rape victims/Proper evidence collection and sympathetic care can help law enforcement officials as well as victims.
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003376:Counseling; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011902:Rape; D014481:United States