Carol Shand

Meon Carolyn Shand (born 1939) is a New Zealand doctor, general practitioner and advocate for women's health, maternity care, contraception, abortion and the medical care of the victims of sexual abuse and child abuse.

Early life and education Shand was the daughter of farmer and politician Tom Shand and doctor Claudia Lilian Shand, née Weston. She had a brother Anthony and two sisters, Jill and Ann.

Career Shand was a house surgeon (a surgical "RMO" or "house officer") at Wellington Hospital early in her career but became a general practitioner, running a general practice in Wellington with her husband Erich Geiringer. She pioneered work in the medical treatment of victims of sexual assault and child sex abuse.

Personal life Shand married doctor Erich Geiringer in 1964.

Selected works

Books

From recognition to recovery : a general practice guide to the medical management of sexual abuse, edited by Carol Shand and Robynanne Milford (1993) ISBN 0958325103 The medical management of sexual abuse, edited by Carol Shand et al. (2002) ISBN 0473086808 Things I Remember, or Was Told: a memoir (2022) ISBN 978-0-9941494-9-7

Journal articles