Do physicians have adequate knowledge of child sexual abuse? The results of two surveys of practicing physicians, 1986 and 1996

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-78

  Lentsch, Kirsten A ^b,d   Johnson, Charles F ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034139528     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005001009     Document Type: Article

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