The realities of child abuse in recent years and the efforts of the Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) committee at our hospital
近年の小児虐待の実態と当院におけるCAP委員会の取り組み

Yoshizumi Deguchi, Kouki Akahoshi, Tomohiro Adachi, Tomohisa Shoko
KANTO Journal of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine  
Our hospital established a CAP committee in 2008. This study investigated 475 suspected domestic violence cases of patients age 15 years or younger who visited various departments at our hospital. The majority of cases in question were pediatric patients and many faced family environment problems or financial issues. In our department, most of the cases resulted in autopsies since the possibility of domestic violence could not be ruled out as the cause of death in cardiopulmonary arrest cases.
more » ... mong them, there was a case where a brother of the patient had died suspiciously and child protection services were already involved.
doi:10.24697/jaamkanto.41.2_230 fatcat:dukxjd6vxzcjhnqvqvqbsjlm2y