Current practice in physical child abuse forensic reports: A preliminary exploration

The literature available on forensic report guidelines is sparse and related to mental health issues. There is no literature on child abuse pediatrics report writing practice. This study describes the content of forensic reports written by a group of child abuse pediatrics physicians in a single Can...

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Published in:Child abuse & neglect 2009-10, Vol.33 (10), p.679-683
Main Authors: Mian, Marcellina, Schryer, Catherine F, Spafford, Marlee M, Joosten, Jan, Lingard, Lorelei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Child Abuse - classification
Child Abuse Pediatrics
Child, Preschool
Doctors
Female
Forensic Medicine
Forensic reports
Goals
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Humans
Infant
Interdisciplinary Communication
Male
Mandatory Reporting
Medical sciences
Mental Health
Ontario
Paediatrics
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Report writing
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Subspecialty education
Trauma Severity Indices
Victimology
Writing
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Summary:The literature available on forensic report guidelines is sparse and related to mental health issues. There is no literature on child abuse pediatrics report writing practice. This study describes the content of forensic reports written by a group of child abuse pediatrics physicians in a single Canadian institution. The goal is to provide descriptive data to support future practice, research and education initiatives in this domain. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
ISSN:0145-2134
1873-7757
DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.06.001