Citation

Narang SK, Melville JD. Pediatr. Clin. North Am. 2014; 61(5): 1049-1058.

Affiliation

Child Advocacy Center, Akron Children's Hospital, 6505 Market Street Building C, Suite 3100, Boardman, OH 44512, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.pcl.2014.06.016

PMID

25242715

Abstract

The most common medicolegal issues include reporting child maltreatment, the presentation of ethical and effective expert testimony, informed consent in child maltreatment cases, and various liability risks related to child maltreatment cases. The health care professional who remains knowledgeable about the laws within their jurisdiction, the mandates of their professional society and state medical board, and the local resources (eg, child abuse pediatrician and hospital counsel) available to them minimizes medicolegal risk.

Language: en