ABC of child abuse. Non-accidental injury.
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Dr Nigel Speight, FRCP, is powerful that theyprevent the diagnosis even consultant paediatrician to being considered in quite obvious cases (see, for Durham and North.West example, case 1). Durham health autforities. All those working with children should be The ABC of Clinical warned that their overwhelming impulse on week.nThethird arltile inex confronting their first case will be to want to cover week. third article this series will appear on it up. 15 April. The most important step in diagnosing non-accidental injury is to force yourself to think of it in the first place.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 298 6677 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989