TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudoabuse of children
T2 - A matter of sensitivity and specificity
AU - Sheffield, M. V.
AU - Davis, G. J.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Much has been done to educate physicians regarding the recognition, reporting, and treatment of child abuse, with the result that medical personnel are universally more sensitive to recognizing abused children than in the past. Conversely, also of primary importance is the recognition of natural and iatrogenic disease processes that mimic abuse. The authors present the case of a 5 month old infant, first thought by clinicians to be a victim of child abuse. Only through the benefit of a thorough autopsy, scene investigation, and cooperation with law enforcement officials was the true sequence of events, complications of natural intra-abdominal disease, delineated.
AB - Much has been done to educate physicians regarding the recognition, reporting, and treatment of child abuse, with the result that medical personnel are universally more sensitive to recognizing abused children than in the past. Conversely, also of primary importance is the recognition of natural and iatrogenic disease processes that mimic abuse. The authors present the case of a 5 month old infant, first thought by clinicians to be a victim of child abuse. Only through the benefit of a thorough autopsy, scene investigation, and cooperation with law enforcement officials was the true sequence of events, complications of natural intra-abdominal disease, delineated.
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U2 - 10.1080/00085030.1995.10757471
DO - 10.1080/00085030.1995.10757471
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029059570
SN - 0008-5030
VL - 28
SP - 55
EP - 58
JO - Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science
JF - Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science
IS - 1
ER -