The assessment of child sexual abuse allegations: Using research to guide clinical decision making

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-34

  Dammeyer, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; HYPOTHESIS; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ART; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031895027     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199824)16:1<21::AID-BSL291>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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