A cross-sectional survey of child abuse management knowledge among emergency medicine personnel in Cape Town, South Africa
Introduction: Child abuse is a common condition in the emergency centres of South Africa. It is critical for both prehospital emergency care practitioners and emergency centre-based emergency medicine registrars to be competent in screening, diagnosing, treating, and documenting child abuse. Our goa...
Main Authors: | Bruna Dessena, Paul C. Mullan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17301118 |
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