Toward instituting a chaperone policy in outpatient pediatric clinics

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 709-716

  Feldman, Kenneth W ^a,c,d,e   Jenkins, Carol ^a,c   Laney, Tyler ^c   Seidel, Kristy ^b,c  

^a Seattle Children's Protection Program   (United States)

^b Office of Biostatistical Services   (United States)

^c Seattle Children's   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Division of General Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Child abuse; Patient abuse by hospital staff; Physician patient boundary issues

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72649090794     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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