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Was Not Brought ‐ Take Note! Think Child! Take Action!
Author(s) -
Appleton Jane V.,
Sidebotham Peter
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.2476
Subject(s) - action (physics) , psychology , quantum mechanics , physics
Guidance on When to Suspect Child Maltreatment from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE, 2009; National Collaborating Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health, 2009, p.23) reminds health professionals to consider neglect ‘if parents or carers repeatedly fail to attend essential follow-up appointments that are necessary for their child's health and wellbeing’. National analyses and summary analyses of Serious Case Reviews have consistently raised the issue of children's missed health care appointments as a feature in cases (Brandon et al., 2010; Brandon et al., 2012; Sidebotham et al., 2016).