Forty years later: inconsistencies in reporting of child abuse

Incidentally, the fact of illegality tends to make health care providers reticent to discuss difficult cases with colleagues unless they do plan to report, and reticent to cite their own decisions not to report all cases. [...]the literature referred to in this review may underestimate the incidence...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2008-10, Vol.93 (10), p.822-824
Main Authors: Sege, Robert D, Flaherty, Emalee G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - diagnosis
Child abuse reporting
Child Development
Child Neglect
Child Welfare
Children & youth
Clinical Competence
Company business management
Decision making
Emergency medical care
Fractures
General aspects
Head injuries
Health care
Health education
History
Hospitals
Humans
Management
Mandatory Reporting
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Physicians
Prevention and actions
Primary care
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Reporting
Victimology
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Summary:Incidentally, the fact of illegality tends to make health care providers reticent to discuss difficult cases with colleagues unless they do plan to report, and reticent to cite their own decisions not to report all cases. [...]the literature referred to in this review may underestimate the incidence of non-reporting of child maltreatment. [...]improved CPS assessments and interventions leading to better outcomes for children and families would go a long way towards improving the motivation of providers to report injured children to state agencies.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.2006.100545