title: Incest: the family context. Understanding and detecting childhood sexual abuse.
abstract: The recorded incidence of child abuse is higher than many nurses might imagine, and adult incest survivors often suffer long-term psychological effects. An awareness of the characteristics marking families where abuse takes place can alert nurses to such cases--both past and present.
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authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors