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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Doctors Might Miss Some Cases of Child Abuse

By Robert Preidt
MedicineNet.com

Many cases of child abuse are not reported by primary health care providers, a new study suggests.

Primary care providers (PCPs) are usually doctors but can also be physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

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The PCPs and child abuse experts agreed about the suspicion of abuse in 81% of the cases, but PCPs did not report 21% of injuries that the experts said they would have reported to child protective services (CPS).

The story can be read here.

The research article can be found here.