Identifying the sexually abused child in a medical setting.
From January to April 1975, 40 patients treated for gonorrhea in a Pediatric Emergency Clinic were studied to explore the problem of sexual abuse of children. Presented in this article is a review of that study and the resulting method for identifying sexually abused children in the medical setting.
D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012742:Sex Offenses; D012947:Social Work