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Factors That Facilitate or Impede Physicians who Perform Evaluations for Child Maltreatment

University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill

Patrice Reives

University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill

Physicians are needed to evaluate children for the possibility of maltreatment. In many communities, physicians are reluctant to evaluate children who may have been maltreated. Because it is unclear which factors facilitate and impede physicians' involvement in evaluations for child maltreatment, physicians were surveyed to identify these factors. The biggest obstacles identified were the time involved in doing an evaluation, scheduling cases, and problems dealing with the legal, judicial, and social service systems. Medical information, training, and follow-up about the disposition of cases would help physicians who participate in evaluations. Inter-ventions that enhance communication and training across disciplines could also be effective in increasing physician in-volvement in child abuse evaluations.

Child Maltreatment, Vol. 7, No. 4, 377-381 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/107755902237268


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