Early recognition of child abuse through screening indicators at the emergency department: experience of a tertiary urban pediatric hospital

• Main Authors: Caterina Offidani (Author), Alberto Villani (Author), Antonino Reale (Author), Maria Rosaria Marchili (Author), Lelia Rotondi Aufiero (Author), Patrizio Moras (Author), Maria Lodise (Author), Umberto Raucci (Author), Maria Antonietta Barbieri (Author), Massimiliano Raponi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emergency Departments play a pivotal role in detecting cases of child abuse. Despite the efforts made in the past decades on the need for a screening method for the early detection of abuse victims, a unique instrument shared by the international scientific community has not been...