Interdisciplinary child protection team work in a hospital setting

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 402-407

  Thun Hohenstein, L ^a,b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Institute for Research and Education in Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry (KNIFFF)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Child protection group; Detection; Measures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD PROTECTION TEAM; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAMWORK;

AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646489443     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0095-2     Document Type: Article

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