Arch Dis Child. Published Online First: 25 July 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2006.105528
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Named/designated doctor status and judgement in child protection scenarios
1 Royal Bolton Hospital, United Kingdom
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: simon.power{at}rbh.nhs.uk.
Accepted 10 July 2007
Abstract
4 child protection scenarios were sent to 200 named/designated and non-named/non-designated doctors. The respondents judged each scenario as abuse or accident and indicated their degree of certainty. There was a 71% response rate. There were no significant differences in judgement or degrees of certainty of judgement between the two groups.
Keywords: case scenarios, child protection, designated doctor, judgement, named doctor
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