Drs Andrea Asnes and Sundes Kazmir join Ethics Talk to discuss medical child abuse, sites of pediatric neglect, and how clinicians can best carry out their responsibilities as mandatory reporters.

Psychiatric emergencies, coping stress reactions, and iatrogenic injuries are not responded to with the same vigor as acute medical decompensation. That needs to change.

When health care professionals encounter child abuse and neglect, they tend to experience a range of emotions, such as anger, sadness, and frustration.

Following evidence-based approaches to evaluating and reporting suspicion of child maltreatment can help minimize bias and promote equity.

During or after conflict, a clinician might be required to provide evidence to an official investigatory body or court.

أثناء النزاع أو بعده، قد يُطلب من الطبيب تقديم أدلة إلى هيئة تحقيق رسمية أو محكمة.

Traditional clinical and public health ethical obligations are insufficient for practice under attack, threat, and coercion or amidst civilian abuse.

إن الالتزامات الأخلاقية التقليدية في المجالين السريري والصحي العام غير كافية للممارسة في ظل الهجوم والتهديد والإكراه أو وسط إساءة معاملة المدنيين.