Child protection team consultation for injuries potentially due to child abuse in community emergency departments - Tiyyagura G, Emerson B, Gaither JR, Bechtel K, Leventhal JM, Becker H, Della Guistina K, Balga T, Mackenzie B, Shum M, Shapiro ED, Auerbach M, McVaney C, Morrell P, Asnes AG.

OBJECTIVE: Emergency care for children is provided predominantly in community emergency departments (CEDs), where abusive injuries frequently go unrecognized. Increasing access to regional child abuse experts may improve detection of abuse in CEDs. In 3 CE...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news