To report or not to report: Examination of the initial primary care management of suspicious childhood injuries

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 460-466

  Sege, Robert ^a   Flaherty, Emalee ^b   Jones, Rise ^c   Price, Lori Lyn ^d   Harris, Donna ^e   Slora, Eric ^e   Abney, Dianna ^f   Wasserman, Richard ^e,g  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Evaluation Solutions   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^f Cambridge Pediatrics   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; child physical abuse; child welfare; diagnosis; medical errors; pediatrics; primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 81055125331     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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