Child Protection and Radiography: Clinical and Technical Issues

✍ Scribed by John Sudbery; Vittoria Hancock; Carena Eaton; Peter Hogg

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 188 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-9136
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0852(199708)6:3<191::aid-car325>3.0.co;2-1

✦ Synopsis

The role of the radiographer in child protection has received little attention. This review considers issues which arise in this ®eld, highlighting the implications for those responsible for the management of child protection systems, for those responsible for training, and for sta in other specialisms and professions within the hospital. The dierent types of imaging technique are discussed with some comment on their advantages and disadvantages. Forced immobilisation is sometimes required, and consideration is given to the issues which arise for the radiographer and abused child in this process. The article reviews the knowledge needed by radiographers of the clinical and radiological manifestations of abuse. It is noted that there are additional social and emotional issues which are discussed in a further paper. *