Medical Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse: Commentary

• Published in: Child abuse & neglect Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 551 - 552
• Main Author: Chadwick, David L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1998; Pergamon Press; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Child Abuse; Child abuse & neglect; Child sexual abuse; Longitudinal Studies; Medical consequences; Medical disorders; Medical Research; Outcomes of Treatment; Predictor Variables; Research and Development; Research Methodology; Research Needs; Sex crimes; Sexual Abuse; Theory Practice Relationship; Child abuse; Medical consequences; Child sexual abuse

This commentary on a previous article (EC 619 261) about medical consequences of child sexual abuse urges prospective studies using large populations to evaluate many variables, as well as selection of projects which are most likely to influence practice or policy and thus affect significant numbers...