Citation

Marchand J, Deneyer M, Vandenplas Y. Eur. J. Pediatr. 2012; 171(1): 17-23.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Brussels Free University, Laarbeeklaan, 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium, johan.marchand@uzbrussel.be.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00431-011-1616-1

PMID

22105870

Abstract

It is the pediatrician's role to promote the child's well-being and to help parents raise healthy, well-adjusted children. Today's pediatricians are confronted with a patient population in which there is a high prevalence of child abuse in its different presentations (physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and/or neglect). The immediate and long-term consequences of child abuse often are lifelong and even life-threatening in its most dramatic presentation. Unfortunately, detection of child abuse remains a difficult challenge for many physicians but also for the "well-trained" pediatrician, leaving many abused children unreported. This paper addresses the important role pediatricians can play in the detection, diagnosis, and prevention of child maltreatment.

Language: en