Child abuse and neglect: Reporting by health professionals and their need for training

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 598-602

  Yehuda, Yoram Ben ^a,b   Attar Schwartz, Shalhevet ^b   Ziv, Amitai ^c   Jedwab, Merav ^d   Benbenishty, Rami ^b,d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child neglect; Health professionals; Maltreatment; Training needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL WORKER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78449232874     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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