title: Medical and psychological examination of women seeking asylum: documentation of human rights abuses.
abstract: Human rights abuses of women are ubiquitous throughout the world. Those perpetrated by governments entitle women to seek political asylum, and many women refugees do so in the United States. The asylum process often requires medical or psychological evaluations to corroborate women's reports of torture or other abuses. This article provides an overview of how to conduct such examinations and how to document findings for the asylum process.
authors.affiliation: Survivors International, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA. survivorsintl@msn.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laws
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patsalides
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D012036:Refugees; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States