Emotional impact of the medical examination for child sexual abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 573-579

  Britton, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child sexual abuse; Emotional impact; Medical exam

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031747125     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00029-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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