What is Said and What is Understood? The Readability and Language of Child Protection Medical Reports | Zendy

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What is Said and What is Understood? The Readability and Language of Child Protection Medical Reports

Author(s) -

Cutland Michelle,

Sims Jo,

Pye Matthew,

Rourke Catherine,

McMullan Kirsty,

Linden Anna,

Jones Steve

Publication year - 2019

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.2543

Subject(s) - readability , child protection , second opinion , psychology , expert opinion , medical education , popular opinion , medicine , nursing , computer science , sociology , pathology , intensive care medicine , media studies , programming language

Key Practitioner Messages Child protection medical reports provide the voice and opinion of a paediatrician, and must be readable by all. Child protection medical reports should include a professional opinion even if the opinion is one of being unsure. Simple measures can improve the readability of reports. A number of descriptive words are used in the opinions of reports. Standardisation of these could be encouraged to reduce misinterpretation.‘Child protection medical reports provide the voice and opinion of a paediatrician, and must be readable by all’

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