Sexual assault: coping with crisis.
An unexpected long-distance phone call after midnight started the day. Susan, the daughter of an old friend, had been sexually assaulted. Mother and daughter had just returned from the emergency department, where Susan had been examined and treated. Now, they felt abandoned and hopeless. "Susan feels as if she was raped again by physicians, police and you nurses," shouted her mother. "I thought professionals were helpers!"
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011902:Rape