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Teaching medical students a difficult subject – child abuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Eileen Vizard*
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The London Hospital, London E1
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As a specialist in child abuse for the past five years, I have been presented with various technical difficulties in trying to convey important, but often emotive, material to medical students and, for that matter, to groups of professional colleagues from other disciplines. It is hoped that the following reflections may be useful to colleagues who teach medical students about child abuse.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988

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