Child sexual abuse in healthcare contexts

Child sexual abuse in healthcare contexts This report finds that health care practitioners abused their positions of trust and authority to sexually abuse children under the guise of medical procedures. Based on the accounts of 109 victims and survivors who came forward to the Truth Project, the report analyses experiences of abuse across a wide range of health care settings from the 1960s to the 2000s. The report provides an insight into the role of health care in victims and survivors’ lives, revealing that for many participants, their health care needs related to the physical, psychological and sexual abuse they suffered at home. Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse