Randomized prospective study to evaluate child abuse documentation in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-257

  Guenther, Elisabeth ^a,b,c   Olsen, Cody ^a,b   Keenan, Heather ^a,b   Newberry, Cynthia ^a   Dean, J Michael ^a,b   Olson, Lenora M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Emergency department; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH;

EID: 62249094574     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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