MEDICO-LEGAL CARE FOR RAPE VICTIM-A REVIEW

The rape victim faces legal, psychological, and medical issues. In order to respond to all her needs, the physician must be aware of the legal questions to be answered in the record, the patient's psychological needs in this high stress situation, and the medical problems that are likely to arise. Government guidelines are essentially aimed at doctors who might one day be called upon to handle female victims of sexual assault / rape in the course of their duty whether in a government hospital or even a private one. As is known rape law has been made more stringent with zero tolerance for offenders and govt. guideline is to ensure a sensitive and humane approach to such victims, their proper treatment apart from attending or treating doctors responsibility and duty in recording and documenting the medical aspects in order that such cases when they come up before the criminal justice system are not found wanting in the quality of evidence produced by the prosecution during trial.