Child Abuse or Accident? Bringing Science to Pediatric Emergency Departments and Forensic Investigation
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2021
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National Institute of Justice Journal
Abstract
Understanding Injuries
The need for their work is reflected in the high number of children brought into emergency departments in the United States each year and the difficulty doctors and nurses face in sorting the accidents from the abuse cases.
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child physical abuse, hospital, injuries, accidental
Citation
Dawson, J. (2021). Child Abuse or Accident? Bringing Science to Pediatric Emergency Departments and Forensic Investigation, NIJ Journal.