Underreporting child abuse deaths: Experiences from a national study on child homicide

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 132-133

  Mathews, Shanaaz ^a   Abrahams, Naeemah ^b   Jewkes, Rachel ^b   Martin, Lorna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; DEATH; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PROTECTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING;

EID: 84874740161     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6724     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Children's Amendment Act 2007, No. 30884, Republic of South Africa. Pretoria: Government Gazette, 2008.
3. Durfee M, Alexander R. Child fatality review teams. Pediatr Clin North Am 2009;56(2):379-387.