Simple intervention to improve detection of child abuse in emergency departments
Date
2002
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BMJ Open
Abstract
Problem
Child abuse is easily overlooked in a busy emergency department.
Design
Two stage audit of 1000 children before and after introduction of reminder flowchart.
Background and setting
An emergency department in a suburban teaching hospital seeing about 4000 injured preschool children a year.
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Keywords
physical abuse, child abuse, assessment, screening
Citation
Benger, J. R., & Pearce, A. V. (2002). Simple intervention to improve detection of child abuse in emergency departments. BMJ, 324(7340), 780-782.