AAP News Vol. 13 No. 7 July 1997, p. 3
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Child abuse interviews

Stefanie Dell' Aringa

Basic guidelines should be followed for interviewing a child when abuse is suspected, and pediatricians should have a developmentally appropriate approach for recording information, a Missouri article reported.

The review suggests pediatricians develop a format that elicits appropriate information without contaminating the history, differentiate between open-ended, focused, and leading questions during a child abuse interview, and review appropriate reasons for conducting interviews when allegations are made.