Survey of a pediatric hospital staff regarding cases of suspected child abuse and neglect

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Glasser, Saralee ^a   Chen, Wendy ^b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Hospital staff; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORKER; STAFF TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645465611     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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