From suspicion of physical child abuse to reporting: Primary care clinician decision-making

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 611-619

  Flaherty, Emalee G ^a,b   Sege, Robert D ^c   Griffith, John ^d   Price, Lori Lyn ^d   Wasserman, Richard ^e,f   Slora, Eric ^f   Dhepyasuwan, Niramol ^e,g   Harris, Donna ^e   Norton, David ^h   Angelilli, Mary Lu ⁱ   Abney, Dianna ^j   Binns, Helen J ^a,b,k  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g Ambulatory Pediatric Association   (United States)

^h Holyoke Pediatric Associates   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j Cambridge Pediatrics   (United States)

^k Mary Ann and J Milburn Smith   (United States)

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Author keywords

Child abuse; Childhood injuries; Decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 51649110186     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2311     Document Type: Article

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