Recognizing Child Abuse Slideshow Medscape

Description: Child and infant abuse is a serious problem that all clinicians must be aware of in their everyday practices. The decision to call Child Protective Services (CPS), the police, or in-hospital investigative teams is difficult for many clinicians who struggle with trying to identify a potentially serious situation and the fear of making a false accusation and losing the trust of a patient's family. Clinicians must be aware of specific findings on history and physical examination that point away from benign processes and towards more malicious etiologies.