Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T20:39:01 RDF description of Developing a policy for sexual assault examinations on incapacitated patients and patients unable to consent - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19265 public Emergency Medicine 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Legislation 23952 38 Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics Physical Examination 3 Health Policy 14686 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2010.00518.x Ethics Informed Consent Developing a policy for sexual assault examinations on incapacitated patients and patients unable to consent document-rn19265 <p>Sexual assault examinations consist of a medical evaluation and forensic evidence collection. Usually the patient signs a consent form allowing the examination to occur. Occasionally circumstances exist that render a patient unable to give consent for this examination. Such circumstances include young age, mental health disease, cognitive delay, or drug/alcohol ingestion. This article provides suggestions for developing a policy allowing a sexual assault examination to be conducted without patient consent. A sample of such a policy is provided.<p>