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Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am · Jan 2015
ReviewEvaluation of child maltreatment in the emergency department setting: an overview for behavioral health providers.
- Aaron N Leetch, John Leipsic, and Dale P Woolridge.
- Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA. Electronic address: aleetch@aemrc.arizona.edu.
- Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2015 Jan 1;24(1):41-64.
AbstractEmergency providers are confronted with medical, social, and legal dilemmas with each case of possible child maltreatment. Keeping a high clinical suspicion is key to diagnosing latent abuse. Child abuse, especially sexual abuse, is best handled by a multidisciplinary team including emergency providers, nurses, social workers, and law enforcement trained in caring for victims and handling forensic evidence. The role of the emergency provider in such cases is to identify abuse, facilitate a thorough investigation, treat medical needs, protect the patient, provide an unbiased medical consultation to law enforcement, and provide an ethical testimony if called to court.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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