Erschienen in:
01.08.2012 | Editorial
The creation of non-disease: an assault on the diagnosis of child abuse
verfasst von:
Thomas L. Slovis, Peter J. Strouse, Brian D. Coley, Cynthia K. Rigsby
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Radiology
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Ausgabe 8/2012
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Excerpt
The triad of subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhage and multiple fractures in a child has been extensively documented to strongly suggest non-accidental trauma. Based on confessional evidence, a medical workup excluding diseases that can present with some of these abnormalities, and almost 50 years of scientific medical supportive literature, the diagnosis of abuse is being made with increasing medical certainty [
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7]. The medical community and particularly child protection professionals take extraordinary care before making a diagnosis of intentional, non-accidental trauma and strongly consider alternative diagnoses. …