Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• ter Horst, G
• Eijkman, M A
• Kroese, R
• Schleicher, F

Titel

Child abuse and dentists

Ist Teil von

• Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 1993-07, Vol.100 (7), p.333

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

1993

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A questionnaire on the recognition and reporting of child abuse was sent to a random sample of Dutch dental practitioners (N = 250). The response rate was 54%. Eighty-six percent had never seen a case of child abuse. The percentage of dentists reporting a (suspicious) case of child abuse (6%) was lower than the percentage of dentists detecting a case of suspicious child abuse (14%). The most important reason for this discrepancy seems to be a lack of knowledge and/or skills to properly identify child abuse. More professional education about child abuse is desired.