Providing medical evaluations for possible child maltreatment to children with special health care needs

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1179-1186

  Giardino, Angelo P ^a,b   Hudson, Karen M ^a   Marsh, Judith ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Children with special health care needs; Medical evaluation; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTAL MAIL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0242320554     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.09.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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