Screening for child abuse in the Emergency Department

Date First Published:

November 11, 2012

Last Updated:

November 11, 2012

Report by:

Jo Stone, ST6 Emergency Medicine (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals)

Search checked by:

Jo Stone, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Three-Part Question:

In [children presenting to the Emergency Department] what is [the best screening tool] to [detect cases of child abuse]?