@article{ref1,
title="Experiences and views of general practitioners concerning sexually-abused children",
journal="Medical journal of Australia",
year="1986",
author="Winefield, H. R. and Castell-McGregor, S. N.",
volume="145",
number="7",
pages="311-313",
abstract="This study aimed to determine the types of clinical experience that general practitioners have had with sexually-abused children, and what practitioners perceive as requirements in the detection and management of sexually-abused children. Subjects were 279 South Australian non-specialist medical practitioners, selected by quasi-random procedures, of whom 76% responded to a postal questionnaire. The number of sexually-abused children ever seen by the 193 doctors who responded averaged 1.2; 54% of the respondents had not seen such cases. In addition to the request for a record of experiences with sexually-abused children, the questionnaire included categories on: sources of the respondents' information on sexually-abused children; the respondents' perceived need for more information; an assessment of the adequacy of current treatment services; their attitudes to the legal obligation to report suspected cases to statutory authorities; and the main sources of their hesitation to report. Considerable concern evidently exists among family doctors about their ability to detect and manage cases of sexually-abused children. The reasons for their low reporting rates are discussed in terms of both medical education and of the operation of local treatment services for sexually-abused children.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-729X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}