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Child protection training for paediatricians
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Dr N Shabde
Community Child Health Dept, Albion Road Resource Center, Albion Road, North Shields NE29 0HG, UK neela.shabdenorthumbriahealthcare.nhs.uk
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Keywords: child protection; education; paediatricians; training
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In recent years high profile child abuse cases in the UK have led to paediatricians being censured in the media. This has caused serious concern to paediatricians. On one hand, eminent paediatricians acting as expert witnesses were accused of mistaken allegations,1 while on the other hand, there was failure of recognition of child abuse in other cases.2,3
Consequently, the confidence of paediatricians has been undermined leaving them in the position of damned if you do and damned if you dont when confronted with potential child abuse cases.4 There is a real concern that paediatricians have lost confidence, feeling undervalued and unprotected themselves. This has been made worse by the adverse publicity surrounding some child abuse cases, which encourages society to lose confidence and distrust the ability of paediatricians to deal with child abuse cases. This has also been reflected in an increase in complaints against paediatricians,4,5 which the Royal
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