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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’